PACIFIC FURNITURE MFG. v. PREVIEW FURNITURE CORP.

No. C-81-111-G.

626 F.Supp. 667 (1985)

PACIFIC FURNITURE MANUFACTURING CO., Plaintiff, v. PREVIEW FURNITURE CORPORATION, Defendant, and PREVIEW FURNITURE CORPORATION and Eli J. Ehrlich, Counterclaim Plaintiffs, v. PACIFIC FURNITURE MANUFACTURING CO., Counterclaim Defendant, and PACIFIC FURNITURE MANUFACTURING CO., Counterclaim Plaintiff, v. PREVIEW FURNITURE CORPORATION, Furniture Marketing Specialists, Inc., and Eli J. Ehrlich, Counterclaim Defendants.

United States District Court, M.D. North Carolina, Greensboro Division.

November 27, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis M. Pinckney, Charlotte, N.C., Lewis M. Dalgarn, Billy A. Robbins, Nicholas W. Hornberger, Los Angeles, Cal., for Pacific Furniture Mfg. Co.

Gilbert L. Gates, Jan Samet, High Point, N.C., George T. Mobille, Robert W. Adams, Bryan H. Davidson, Washington, D.C., for Preview Furniture Corp. and Eli J. Ehrlich.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

BULLOCK, District Judge.

This action arises from the alleged infringement by Preview Furniture Corporation (Preview), Furniture Marketing Specialists, Inc. (FMS), and Eli J. Ehrlich, the owner of both corporations, of two chair design patents held by Pacific Furniture Manufacturing Co. (Pacific). Defendants counter by alleging the invalidity of the patents. The following specific issues came before the court for trial without a jury:<...

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