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GFI, INC. v. BEAN STATION FURNITURE

No. CIV. 197CV01185.

286 F.Supp.2d 663 (2003)

GFI, INC., Plaintiff, v. BEAN STATION FURNITURE; and Futuristic, Inc., Defendants.

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

October 2, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter G. Pappas, Adams Kleemeier Hagan Hannah & Fouts, Greensboro, NC, Jems J. Foster, Douglas R. Wolf, Matthew B. Lowrie, Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C., Boston, MA, for GFI, Inc.

George L. Little, Jr., John Steven Gardner, Kilpatrick Stockton, L.L.P., Winston-Salem, NC, for Bassett Furniture Industries, Inc.

David William Sar, James T. Williams, Jr., Robert James King, III, William C. Scott, Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard, Greensboro, NC, for Benchraft, Inc.

Norwood Robinson, John N. Taylor, Jr., Robinson & Lawing, Winston-Salem, NC, for Dynasty Furniture Mfg. Ltd., Bean Station Furniture, Futuristic, Inc.

Clifton Ted Hunt, Charlotte, NC, Dion J. Shanley, Hickman Goza & Gore, Oxford, MS, for Walter E. Durling.

Mark S. Thomas, Maupin Taylor & Ellis, P.A., Raleigh, NC, for Comfortline, L.L.C.

James Lee Lester, Edward Wellington Rilee, Rhodes & Mason, P.L.L.C., Greensboro, NC, Gilbert J. Andia, Jr., Maccord Mason, P.L.L.C., Greensboro, NC, for C & R Custom Furniture, Excalibur Fine Furniture, Inc.

W. Thad Adams, III, Adams Evans, P.A., Charlotte, NC, William G. McElwain, David B. Bassett, Hale & Dorr, Washington, DC, for Palliser Furniture, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

BULLOCK, District Judge.

In November 1997, plaintiff GFI filed a patent infringement action against multiple defendants, including Bean Station Furniture and Futuristic, Inc. ("BS & F"). BS & F filed pendant state law counterclaims charging GFI with unfair trade practice and tortious interference with prospective economic advantage in violation of North Carolina common law. As a result of concurrent litigation in which another...

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