Indianapolis, IN – Patent lawyers for Knauf Insulation Limited of St. Helens, Merseyside, United Kingdom and Knauf Insulation GMBH of Shelbyville, Indiana, filed a patent infringement suit alleging Certainteed Corporation of Valley Forge, Pennsylvania infringed Patent No. 7,854,980, FORMALDEHYDE-FREE MINERAL FIBRE INSULATION PRODUCT, which has been issued by the…
Indianapolis, IN – This week Senior Judge Larry J. McKinney of the Southern District of Indiana is presiding over a jury trial of a copyright infringement lawsuit. The case is Harvest Scents & Traders LLC v. KMI International Corporation. The trial began on Monday, May 2, continued through last…
Indianapolis, Indiana – In a patent infringement case, Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson of the Southern District of Indiana has denied defendants’ request to strike the report of an expert that the plaintiff had attached to a brief. The expert’s report contained a “readily-available summary of the infringement allegations.” The defendants…
South Bend, IN – The U.S. District Court of South Carolina has transferred a patent infringement case to Northern District Court of Indiana. The transfer comes after the South Carolina District Court granted the defendant’s motion to transfer the case. Ford Meter Box had moved to dismiss the complaint pursuant…
Indianapolis, IN – Rulings by district courts in Indiana and Arkansas have ensured that the Southern District Court of Indiana will decide a longstanding trademark dispute over a mark used in agricultural machinery. Last week, the Southern District Court declined to transfer Brandt Industries Limited (BIL) v. Pitonyak Machinery…
Indianapolis, Indiana – In what has turned into a real “dog” of a case, Judge Jane E. Magnus-Stinson of the Southern District of Indiana has confirmed her ruling disqualifying the Barnes & Thornburg LLP (“B&T”) law firm in a patent infringement suit. The disqualification bars B&T’s from representing defendant…
Indianapolis, Indiana – In a patent infringement lawsuit pending in the Southern District of Indiana, plaintiff Capital Machine Company, Inc., an Indianapolis-based manufacturer of veneer production equipment, achieved dismissal of opposing party Miller Veneers‘ attorneys based on the law firm’s previous work for Capital on matters “substantially related” to…