Recent Successes 2007 Archive
April 2, 2007
In a March 30, 2007 memorandum opinion and order, Judge James B. Moran of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois granted the joint motion of Fitch Even client, The Chamberlain Group, Inc., the nation's leading garage door opener manufacturer, and co-plaintiff Johnson Controls Interiors, LLC, for a preliminary injunction against Lear Corporation. Chamberlain and JCI sued Lear for infringement relating to patented technology for controlling garage door operators. Following extensive briefing and patent claim construction proceedings, the District Court granted Chamberlain and JCI's request for a preliminary injunction.
The District Court found a substantial likelihood that Chamberlain and JCI will prevail on their claim that Lear's technology infringes Chamberlain's U.S. Patent No. 6,154,544. As part of its ruling, the District Court also found that Lear's activities are causing irreparable harm to Chamberlain and JCI.
Chamberlain is represented by Karl Fink, Rudy Kratz, Nick Peters and John Flannery.
