WECHSLER v. MACKE INTERNATIONAL TRADE, INC.

No. CV 00-00296-CAS.

275 F.Supp.2d 1092 (2002)

Lawrence I. WECHSLER, Plaintiff, v. MACKE INTERNATIONAL TRADE, INC.; Anthony O'Rourke; and PetsMart, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, C.D. California, Western Division.

February 13, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas F Smegal, Jr, Irfan A Lateef, Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear, Irvine, CA, Gary J Nelson, Christie Parker & Hale, Pasadena, CA, Edward G Poplawski, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, Los Angeles, CA, Laurence H Pretty, Hogan & Hartson, Los Angeles, CA, Robert E Wechsler, Wechsler & Wechsler, Great Neck, NY, Jason Paul Halpern, Jason Paul Halpern Law Offices, Los Angeles, CA, for Lawrence I Wechsler, plaintiff.

Conrad R Solum, Jr, Fulbright & Jaworski, Los Angeles, CA, Richard E Lyon, Jr, Holland & Knight, Los Angeles, CA, David Heskel Ben-Meir, Hogan & Hartson, Los Angeles, CA, for Macke Intern. Trade, Inc., Anthony O'Rourke, defendants.

David B Abel, Squire Sanders & Dempsey, Los Angeles, CA, Sara A Thacker, Michael A Lechter, Scott D Freeman, Squire Sanders & Dempsey, Phoenix, AZ, for PetsMart Inc, defendant.


ORDER GRANTING SUMMARY JUDGMENT

SNYDER, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff Lawrence I. Wechsler is the inventor of the Portable Device for Feeding Animals, for which he owns U.S. Patent No. 5,636,592 ("the '592 patent"), issued June 10, 1997. Plaintiff alleges that defendants Macke International Trade, Inc. ("Macke"), Anthony O'Rourke, Macke's President and Secretary, and PetsMart, Inc. ("PetsMart"), have infringed the '592 patent by making...

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