DURO-LAST, INC. v. CUSTOM SEAL, INC.

Nos. 02-1218, 02-1262.

321 F.3d 1098 (2003)

DURO-LAST, INC., Plaintiff-Cross Appellant, v. CUSTOM SEAL, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

February 28, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard W. Hoffmann, Warn, Burgess & Hoffmann, PC, of Auburn Hills, MI, argued for plaintiff-cross appellant. Of counsel on the brief was Andrew M. Grove, Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, Learman & McCulloch, PC, of Troy, MI.

Jeffrey S. Standley, Standley & Gilcrest LLP, of Dublin, OH, argued for defendant-appellant. Of counsel on the brief was James L. Kwak.

Before MICHEL, Circuit Judge, PLAGER, Senior Circuit Judge, and LOURIE, Circuit Judge.


PLAGER, Senior Circuit Judge.

This case requires us to decide whether, under nascent Federal Circuit law, the plaintiff's pre-verdict motion for judgment as a matter of law (JMOL) was sufficiently specific with regard to the defense of obviousness to support the trial judge's grant of the post-verdict JMOL in plaintiff's favor.

Duro-Last, Inc. sued Custom Seal, Inc. for infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 4,652,321 and 4,872,296. A jury found that Custom Seal...

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