LACKS INDUSTRIES v. McKECHNIE VEHICLE COMPONENTS

No. 96-CV-75692.

55 F.Supp.2d 702 (1999)

LACKS INDUSTRIES, INC., Plaintiff, v. McKECHNIE VEHICLE COMPONENTS USA, INC., d/b/a Thompson International, and Hayes Wheels International, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Michigan, Southern Division.

July 1, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Remy J. Van Ophem, Van Ophem Meehan & Van Ophem, PC, Troy, MI, David W. Wicklund, Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP, Toledo, OH, for Plaintiff Counsel.

Stephen E. Glazek, Barris, Sott, Denn & Driker, PLLC, Detroit, MI, for Defendant Hayes Wheels Counsel.

J. Michael Huget, Butzel Long, Ann Arbor, MI, for Defendant McKechnie Vehicle Counsel.

William J. Clemens, Livonia, MI, Co-Counsel for Deft. Hayes Wheels.


OPINION

FEIKENS, District Judge.

Introduction

Before me is a multi-patent infringement dispute between competitors in the automotive wheel cover industry. Defendants McKechnie Vehicle Components USA, Inc. ("McKechnie") and Hayes Wheels International, Inc. ("Hayes") have jointly filed six cross-motions for partial summary judgment, raising numerous issues of literal noninfringement and patent validity. Plaintiff Lacks Industries, Inc. ("Lacks")...

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