Legal Opinion
Larson v. Classic Corp.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided April 12, 1988No. 86 C 6379PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
BRIAN BARNETT DUFF, District Judge.
Plaintiff Lynn Larson (“Plaintiff”) has sued defendant Classic Corporation (“Defendant”) for the latter’s alleged infringement of his patented waterbed mattress design, U.S. Design Patent No. 270,693. Defendant has now moved for summary judgment on the grounds that the design patent for the mattress is invalid because the patented features of the mattress are obscured during the waterbed’s normal use. For the reasons set forth below, the motion will be denied.
DISCUSSION
Plaintiff obtained his design patent, pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 171 (“§…
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