TWM MFG. CO., INC. v. DURA CORP.

Nos. 81-1530, 82-1265.

722 F.2d 1261 (1983)

TWM MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC., and Turner Quick-Lift Corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. DURA CORPORATION and Kidde, Inc., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided November 18, 1983.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied January 9, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Robert Chandler, Cross, Wrock, Miller & Vieson, Detroit, Mich., James Van Santen, Kevin M. Guynn, Hill, Van Santen, Steadman, Chiara & Simpson, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellants in No. 81-1530.

Gordon D. Coplein, New York City, for defendants-appellants in No. 82-1265.

Shafer Orhan, Butzel, Long, Gust, Klein, Van Zile, Detroit, Mich., Geoffrey Myers, Pontamac, Md. (argued), for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before MERRITT and WELLFORD, Circuit Judges, and BROWN, Senior Circuit Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied January 9, 1984.

BAILEY BROWN, Senior Circuit Judge.

Appellee TWM Manufacturing Company, the owner of the Turner patent (No. 3,285,621), brought this infringement suit against appellant Dura Corporation.1 TWM claims that its patent, a design for a device to raise and lower an auxiliary axle and wheels, is infringed by Dura's Model 1400 series suspension. The district court held that the patent...

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