AKEVA L.L.C. v. MIZUNO CORP.

No. 1:00-CV-978.

243 F.Supp.2d 418 (2003)

AKEVA L.L.C., a North Carolina Corporation, Plaintiff, v. MIZUNO CORPORATION, a Japanese Corporation; and Mizuno USA, Inc., a George Corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court, M.D. North Carolina.

January 30, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. Connor, Scott Andrew Schaaf, Tuggle Duggins & Meschan, P.A., Greensboro, NC, Patrick J. Flinn, Alston & Bird, Atlanta, GA, for plaintiff.

James Jason Link, John Steven Gardner, Kilpatrick Stockton, L.L.P., Winston-Salem, NC, Douglas D. Salyers, Troutman Sanders, Atlanta, GA, for defendants.


ORDER

ELIASON, United States Magistrate Judge.

The matter before the Court is an increasingly familiar one in patent litigation. Plaintiff Akeva L.L.C. ("Akeva") alleges defendants Mizuno Corporation and Mizuno USA, Inc. ("Mizuno") have infringed two patents covering athletic shoes containing flexible plates in the heel in order to improve cushioning and stability. Defendants deny infringement, but should they lose on the issue, they contend any infringement...

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