Legal Opinion
Freedman Seating Co. v. American Seating Co.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided August 11, 2005No. 2004-1216PublishedCited by 143 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHALL, Circuit Judge.
This is a patent infringement case. Freedman Seating Company (“Freedman”) sued American Seating Company and Hi-Tech Seating Products (doing business as Kustom Fit) (collectively, “American Seating”) in the United States District Court for the Central District of California for infringement of U.S. Patent No. 5,492,389 (issued Feb. 20, 1996) (“the ’389 patent”) and for unfair competition in violation of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1125 (2000). The district court granted summary judgment in favor of Freedman both on the issue of infringement under the doctrine of…
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