Legal Opinion
Tecumseh Products Co. v. Briggs & Stratton Corp.
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Decided December 5, 2003No. 02-C-0334Published
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
CALLAHAN, United States Magistrate Judge.
I. PROCEDURAL AND FACTUAL BACKGROUND
This is a patent infringement action. The plaintiff, Tecumseh Products Company (“Tecumseh”), alleges that the defendant, Briggs & Stratton Corporation (“Briggs”), is infringing Teeumseh’s U.S. Design Patent No. 396,045 (the “ ’045 Patent”) by manufacturing and selling Briggs’ Aero/Quantum line of engines, and all similarly styled engines. Briggs has denied that its Aero engine infringes on the ’045 Patent.
On April 21, 2003, this court issued its…
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