Legal Opinion
Iron Grip Barbell Company, Inc., and York Barbell Company, Inc. v. USA Sports, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided February 10, 2005No. 04-1149PublishedCited by 104 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DYK, Circuit Judge.
Iron Grip Barbell Company (“Iron Grip”) appeals from the judgment of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. The district court found claims 1 to 3 and 6 to 8 of Iron Grip’s patent, U.S. Patent No. 6,436,015 (“the ’015 patent”), to be invalid as obvious. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
Iron Grip is a manufacturer of weight plates used with fitness equipment such as barbells and is the assignee of the ’015 patent. Claim 1 of the ’015 patent claims:
A weight plate for physical fitness including: a plate body formed with a central throughbore and ...…
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