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Bait and Switch: From the Showroom to the Courtroom

<i>American Seating Company v. USSC Group, Inc.</i>, which relates to a patent infringement litigation, provides interesting considerations for business managers with responsibility for accused, infringing, and/or non-infringing "alternative" products as well as for legal and financial professionals who deal with the determination of economic damages in patent infringement matters.

8 minute read September 29, 2008 at 03:10 PM
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Michael K. Milani And Daniel J. Steinert
Bait and Switch: From the Showroom to the Courtroom

On Jan. 29, 2008, the CAFC affirmed the judgment of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan in the matter of American Seating Company v. USSC Group, Inc.

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