INDEPENDENT INK, INC. v. TRIDENT, INC.

No. CV98-6686 NM(CWx).

210 F.Supp.2d 1155 (2002)

INDEPENDENT INK, INC., a California corporation, Plaintiff, v. TRIDENT, INC., a Connecticut corporation; Illinois Tool Works, Inc.; and Does 1 through 50, Defendants.

United States District Court, C.D. California.

June 3, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jan P Weir, Edward F O'Connor, Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, Newport Beach, CA, Joseph A. Yanny, Kelly W. Cunningham, Yanny & Smith, Los Angeles, CA, Mary L. Grieco, Gursky & Ederer, New York City, for plaintiff.

Martin J Foley, III, Laura A Wytsma, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, Los Angeles, CA, Willmore F. Holbrow, III, Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman, Los Angeles, CA, Jordan Sigale, G Marc Whitehead, Gary Senner, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, Chicago, IL, for defendants.


ORDER

1) DENYING PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT

2) GRANTING DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT

MANELLA, District Judge.

I. FACTS

Independent Ink, Inc. ("Plaintiff") is a distributor and supplier of printer ink and ink products. Trident, Inc. ("Trident") and Illinois Tool Works, Inc. ("ITW") (collectively, "Defendants") manufacture: 1) a patented piezoelectric ink jet printhead, the first of its...

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