MILLIKEN & CO. v. SHAW INDUSTRIES, INC.

Civil Action No. 1:96-cv-246-TWT.

978 F.Supp. 1155 (1997)

MILLIKEN & COMPANY, Plaintiffs, v. SHAW INDUSTRIES, INC. and Buchanan Industries, Inc. d/b/a Forum Contract Carpets, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Georgia, Atlanta Division.

September 23, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick N. Gleaton, Gleaton Scofield Egan & Jones, Atlanta, GA, for Buchanan Industries.

Karen Dale Wildau, Powell Goldstein Frazer & Murphy, Atlanta, GA, for Shaw Industries, Inc.

Louis Norwood Jameson, King & Spalding, Atlanta, GA, for Milliken & Co.


ORDER

THRASH, District Judge.

FACTS

This case is before this Court on two Motions for Leave filed by the Plaintiff [Doc No. 36-1] and [Doc Nos. 37-1], Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment [Doc No. 28-1], and Plaintiff's Motion for a Jury Trial [23-1]. Plaintiff and Defendant Shaw are competing manufacturers in the hospitality carpet industry. In 1989, the Plaintiff created its "Bird of Paradise" design, Pattern B895475, for carpet...

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