Legal Opinion
Sim Kar Lighting Fixture Co. v. Genlyte, Inc.
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided November 8, 1995No. Civ. 91-4424 (WHW)PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WALLS, District Judge.
This matter comes before the Court on plaintiff Sim Ear’s motions for summary judgment and for dismissal of defendant Richard Moushegian’s counterclaim. Also, defendant Genlyte moves to disqualify Sim Ear’s trial counsel from trying the issue of inventorship.
FACTS
Sim Ear filed suit against Genlyte on October 7, 1991 for patent infringement, claiming that Genlyte misappropriated the socket bar design for a florescent lighting fixture which had been patented by Charles Trowbridge and assigned to Sim Ear — U.S. patent No. 4,422,132 issued on December 20,1983. During…
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