Lear Automotive Dearborn, Inc. v. Johnson Controls, Inc.

OPINION AND ORDER REGARDING ADMISSIBILITY OF SURVEY EVIDENCE

GERALD E. ROSEN, Chief Judge.

On January 25, 2011, the parties proceeded to trial on claims of patent infringement asserted by Plaintiffs Lear Automotive Dearborn, Inc. and Lear Corporation (collectively “Lear”) against Defendants Johnson Controls, Inc. and Johnson Controls Interiors LLC (collectively “JCI”). In the course of this trial, Lear has sought to introduce and rely upon the results of surveys taken at JCI’s direction in which consumers have been asked to describe the use they have made of JCI’s HomeLink product. JCI, in…