Legal Opinion
Coating Excellence International, LLC v. Thilmany LLC
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Decided April 24, 2007No. 06-C-229Published
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
GRIESBACH, District Judge.
Defendant Thilmany LLC has moved for summary judgment, asserting that its products do not infringe any of the claims of the patent in suit, U.S. Patent No. 6,818,346. For the reasons given below, the motion will be denied.
I. The '346 Patent and Accused Product
Both Thilmany and Coating Excellence International (“CEI”) produce ream wrappers. As the specification of the '346 patent explains:
Reams (i.e., 500 sheets) of cut paper (8/6 x 11, etc.) for copy machines, computers, printers and other applications are most commonly packaged for shipping,…
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