BLACK AND DECKER, INC. v. HOOVER SERVICE CENTER

Civ. No. H-87-851(WWE).

765 F.Supp. 1129 (1991)

BLACK AND DECKER, INC. and Black and Decker (U.S.), Inc. and CIC Int'l Corp. v. HOOVER SERVICE CENTER and The Hoover Company.

United States District Court, D. Connecticut.

April 3, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deborah J. Blood, Day, Berry & Howard, Hartford, Conn., Don Harness, Gordon Harris (pro hac vice), Herness, Dickey & Pierce, Troy, Mich., Barry Deutsch, Sr. Group Patent Counsel, Black and Decker U.S. Inc., Shelton, Conn., John D. DelPonti, General Patent Counsel, Black and Decker Corp., Towson, Md., for plaintiffs.

Ben A. Solnit, Robert K. Ciulla, Ronald J. Cohen, Tyler, Cooper & Alcorn, New Haven, Conn., Ray L. Weber (pro hac vice), Renner, Kenner, Greive, Bobak Taylor, Akron, Ohio, Ralph J. Savarese, Charles J. Engel, Margaret M. Zwisler, Howrey & Simon, Washington, D.C., Ronald K. Bennington, Black, McCuskey, Souers and Arbaugh, Canton, Ohio, for defendants.


RULING ON PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR A PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

EGINTON, District Judge.

BACKGROUND

Plaintiffs, Black and Decker, Inc., Black and Decker (U.S.), Inc. and CIC Int'l Corp. (collectively "Black and Decker"), commenced this action against defendants, the Hoover Service Center and The Hoover Company (collectively "Hoover"), alleging that the sales of Hoover's DUBL-DUTY hand-held vacuum product constituted infringement of U.S. Patent No. 4...

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