HAWORTH, INC., Plaintiff,
v.
HERMAN MILLER, INC.; Carithers-Wallace-Courtenay, dba CWC Office Outfitters; and Arthur Anderson & Co.; Defendants,
and
The Knoll Group, Inc.; Mauri Sardi; James Williams; Harold Snodgrass; Ford F. Farabow, Jr.; Reff Corporation; and Westinghouse Electric Corporation; Movants.
United States District Court, W.D. Michigan.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
February 9, 1994.
February 9, 1994.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Carole D. Bos, John C. Buchanan, Lee T. Silver, Buchanan & Bos, Grand Rapids, MI, Dale H. Thiel, Flynn, Thiel, Boutell & Tanis, Kalamazoo, MI, George M. Sirilla, Nancy J. Linck, William K. West, Jr., George Paul Edgell, Jeffrey A. Simenauer, Barry Paul Golob, James D. Berquist, Susan T. Brown, Cushman, Darby & Cushman, Washington, DC, Stuart I. Friedman, Friedman, Wittenstein & Hochman, New York City, Frank G. Smith, III, Ronald L. Reid, Alston & Bird, Atlanta, GA, for Haworth, Inc.
Ellen S. Carmody, James L. Wernstrom, Law, Weathers & Richardson, Grand Rapids, MI, William H. Frankel, Willian Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione, Chicago, IL, James E. Christenson, Herman Miller, Inc., Zeeland, MI, David A. Anderson, Allan J. Sternstein, Roy E. Hofer, Joel W. Benson, Glen P. Belvis, Richard A. Cederoth, Michael E. Milz, Jeffrey M. Duncan, Willian Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione, Chicago, IL, Stephen Melvin Dorvee, William H. Kitchens, Arnall, Golden & Gregory, Atlanta, GA, for Herman Miller, Inc.
James E. Christenson, Herman Miller, Inc., Zeeland, MI, David A. Anderson, Allan J. Sternstein, Roy E. Hofer, Joel W. Benson, Glen P. Belvis, Richard A. Cederoth, Michael E. Milz, Jeffrey M. Duncan, Willian Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione, Chicago, IL, Susan A. Cahoon, Kilpatrick & Cody, Atlanta, GA, Stephen Melvin Dorvee, William H. Kitchens, Arnall, Golden & Gregory, Atlanta, GA, for Carithers-Wallace-Courtenay.
Michael C. Russ, Sean R. Smith, King & Spaulding, Atlanta, GA, Daniel T. Schibley, Dennis J. O'Hara, Wilson & McIlvaine, Chicago, IL, for Arthur Anderson & Co.
John M. Romary, Michael L. Leetzow, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, Washington, DC, Robert H. Gillette, Wheeler Upham, PC, Grand Rapids, MI, David H. Flint, Schreeder, Wheeler & Flint, Atlanta, GA, for Knoll Group, Inc., Mauri Sardi, James Williams, Harold Snodgrass, Ford F. Farabow, Jr., Reff Corp., Westinghouse Elec. Corp.
United States District Court, W.D. Michigan.
Opinion
ENSLEN, District Judge.
The matter before the Court is defendant Herman Miller, Inc.'s ("HMI") motion for summary judgment of laches. The standard for summary judgment pursuant to Fed. R.Civ.P. 56 is well-known, and I will not repeat it here.
Plaintiff ("Haworth") and defendant HMI both manufacture furniture. Plaintiff's complaint alleges that defendant infringed two of its patents. The alleged improvement in each claim is directed...
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