Legal Opinion
Sure Plus Manufacturing Co. v. Hy Kobrin and Kobrin Manufacturing, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided November 14, 1983No. 82-5889PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GODBOLD, Chief Judge:
Sure Plus Manufacturing Co. sued Kobrin and Kobrin Manufacturing Co. (“Kobrin”) in 1978 alleging infringement of Sure Plus’s patent on a vehicle mirror assembly. Before the case was tried Kobrin modified his allegedly infringing mirror assembly and applied for a patent on it as modified, citing the Sure Plus patent as part of the prior art.
After trial, in July 1980, while Kobrin’s application on his modified assembly was still pending, the court held that Kobrin’s original assembly infringed Sure Plus’s patent and enjoined Kobrin from further infringement and from…
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