Legal Opinion
Eco Manufacturing LLC v. Honeywell International Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 21, 2004No. 03-2704PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Eco Manufacturing proposes to make a thermostat similar in appearance to Honeywell’s well-known circular, convex model with a round dial. Honeywell’s model (which it calls “The Round”) is on the left, Eco’s on the right:
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After receiving Honeywell’s demand that it cease and desist, Eco filed this action seeking a declaratory judgment that its product would not infringe Honeywell’s intellectual-property rights. Honeywell’s round thermostat formerly was protected by two patents — a utility patent (No. 2,394,920) that lasted between 1946 and…
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