GFI, INC. v. FRANKLIN INDUSTRIES

No. 3:97CV16-D-A.

27 F.Supp.2d 686 (1998)

GFI, INC., Plaintiff, v. FRANKLIN INDUSTRIES, Astro Lounger Furniture Manufacturing, Parkhill Furniture, Inc., and Washington Furniture Mfg., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Mississippi, Western Division.

November 20, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Suszek, Holcomb Dunbar, Oxford, MS, James J. Foster, Douglas R. Wolf, Matthew B. Lowrie, Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, Boston, MA, for GFI, Inc., plaintiff.

Claude F. Clayton, Jr., Mitchell, McNutt, Threadgill, Smith & Sams, Tupelo, MS, V. Bryan Medlock, Jr., David Hitchcock, Sidley & Austin, Dallas, TX, Norwood Robinson, Robinson & Lawing, L.L.P., Winston-Salem, NC, for Franklin Industries, defendant.

Kenneth M. Burns, Kenneth M. Burns, Attorney, Okolona, MS, for Astro Lounger Furniture Mfg, defendant.

John M. Creekmore, John M. Creekmore, Attorney, Amory, MS, for Parkhill Furniture, Inc., defendant.

Claude F. Clayton, Jr., Mitchell, McNutt, Threadgill, Smith & Sams, Tupelo, MS, V. Bryan Medlock, Jr., David Hitchcock, Sidley & Austin, Dallas, TX, Norwood Robinson, Robinson & Lawing, L.L.P., Winston-Salem, NC, for Washington Furniture Mfg Co., defendant.


OPINION

DAVIDSON, District Judge.

Presently before the court in this patent dispute are the following motions for summary judgment: (1) "Defendant Washington Furniture Mfg.'s Motion for Summary Judgment of Non-Infringement and Invalidity," (2) "Motion of GFI for Partial Summary Judgment of Infringement by Defendant Washington," (3) "Expedited Motion of GFI for Summary Judgment Dismissing Defendant Parkhill's Patent Misuse Defense," and

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