FORD MOTOR CO. v. AUTO SUPPLY CO., INC.

No. 80-2171.

661 F.2d 1171 (1981)

FORD MOTOR COMPANY, A Corporation, Appellee, v. AUTO SUPPLY COMPANY, INC.; H. K. Auto Supply, Inc.; and Harold H. Karp, Appellants. AAA Business Forms and Systems, Inc.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided October 14, 1981.

Rehearing Denied November 10, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lindsey Miller-Lerman (argued), Kutak, Rock & Huie, Omaha, Neb., for appellants.

Lyle E. Strom (argued), Bruce D. Vosburg, Fitzgerald, Brown, Leahy, Strom, Schorr & Barmettler, Omaha, Neb., William A. Zolbert, Dearborn, Mich., for appellee.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, and STEPHENSON and McMILLIAN, Circuit Judges.


STEPHENSON, Circuit Judge.

The district court,1 after a bench trial, ordered a$3.6 million judgment in favor of the plaintiff Ford Motor Co. based on the defendants' trademark and copyright infringement. On appeal the defendants raise two issues. First, they claim that the district court abused its discretion in refusing to allow the defendants to amend their answer to raise additional defenses following the entry of summary judgment....

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