TATE ACCESS FLOORS v. INTERFACE ARCHITECTURAL RES.

No. Civ. JFM-00-2543.

185 F.Supp.2d 588 (2002)

TATE ACCESS FLOORS, INC., and Tate Access Floors Leasing, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. INTERFACE ARCHITECTURAL RESOURCES, INC., Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Maryland.

February 20, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Darle M. Short, James A. Olif, Oliff and Berridge PLC, Alexandria, VA, Julie E. Zink, Alexandria, VA, for Plaintiffs.

Daniel F. Goldstein, Andrew David Freeman, Brown, Goldstein and Levy LLP, Baltimore, MD, S. Craig Hemenway, Atlanta, GA, Kevin C. Gallagher, Atlata, GA, Mitchell G. Stockwell, Michael J. Turton, John S. Pratt, Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant.


OPINION

MOTZ, District Judge.

Tate Access Floors, Inc., and Tate Access Floors Leasing, Inc. [collectively "Tate"], have brought this action against Interface Architectural Resources, Inc. ["Interface"], for infringement of U.S.Patent No. 4,625,491 [the 491 or Gibson patent], a patent for a design of an access floor panel with a specific type of trim around its edges. Previously, Tate successfully asserted rights under the same patent against a different...

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