LEGGETT & PLATT, INC. v. HICKORY SPRINGS MFG. CO.

No. 99 C 2614.

132 F.Supp.2d 643 (2001)

LEGGETT & PLATT, INCORPORATED, Plaintiff, v. HICKORY SPRINGS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Defendant.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

February 15, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Roodman, Robert G. Lancaster, Bryan Cave, LLP, St. Louis, MO, Walter Jones, Jr., Mark Douglas Andrews, Nicole Feder, Pugh, Jones & Johnson, P.C., Chicago, IL, Lawrence G. Kurland, Bryan Cave LLP, New York City, for plaintiff.

Robert Forge Finke, Donald William Rupert, David Matthew Thimmig, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, IL, Daniel Charles Murray, Johnson & Bell, Ltd., Chicago, IL, Clifford R. Jarrett, Kennedy, Covington, Lobdell & Hickman, Charlotte, NC, for defendant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

CASTILLO, District Judge.

This patent infringement case involves competing stackable bedding foundations, sometimes referred to as box spring assemblies. In its First Amended Complaint, Plaintiff Leggett & Platt, Incorporated ("L & P") brought four claims against Defendant Hickory Springs Manufacturing Company ("Hickory"): (1) patent infringement under 35 U.S.C. § 271(a) (literal infringement or infringement...

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