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Unidynamics Corporation d/b/a Crane National Vendors v. Automatic Produscts Internation, LTD. and Gross-Given Manufacturing Company, Inc.

Date: 09-18-1998

Case Number: 97-1322 to 97-1324 and 97-1375

Judge: Catherine D. Perry

Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Plaintiff's Attorney: William E. Lahey of
Senniger, Powers, Leavitt & Roedel, St. Louis, Missouri

Defendant's Attorney: J. Derek Vandenburgh and
Mershant, Gould, Smith, Edell,
Welter & Schmidt, P.A., Minneapolis, Minnesota and Kevin M. Abel of
Bryan Cave, L.L.P., St. Louis, Missouri

Description:

Patent infringement. Unidynamics held a patent on a vending machine for dispensing refrigerated and unrefrigerated foods.

Outcome:

Summary judgment for Unidynamics holding that, as a matter of law, the LCM4 vending machines of Automatic products International, Ltd., and Gross-Given Manufacturing Company, Inc., do not infringe Unidynamics U.S. Patent 4,730,750 on a vending machine for dispensing refrigerated and unrefrigerated foods.

Plaintiff's Experts:

Unknown

Defendant's Experts:

Unknown

Comments:

Affirmed in part, vacated in part and remanded by the United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit. See: 157 F.3d 1311 (Fed.Cir. 1998). The date shown above is the date of the appellate court decision and not the trial date.

About This Case

What was the outcome of Unidynamics Corporation d/b/a Crane National Vendors v. A...?

The outcome was: Summary judgment for Unidynamics holding that, as a matter of law, the LCM4 vending machines of Automatic products International, Ltd., and Gross-Given Manufacturing Company, Inc., do not infringe Unidynamics U.S. Patent 4,730,750 on a vending machine for dispensing refrigerated and unrefrigerated foods.

Which court heard Unidynamics Corporation d/b/a Crane National Vendors v. A...?

This case was heard in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, MO. The presiding judge was Catherine D. Perry.

Who were the attorneys in Unidynamics Corporation d/b/a Crane National Vendors v. A...?

Plaintiff's attorney: William E. Lahey of Senniger, Powers, Leavitt & Roedel, St. Louis, Missouri. Defendant's attorney: J. Derek Vandenburgh and Mershant, Gould, Smith, Edell, Welter & Schmidt, P.A., Minneapolis, Minnesota and Kevin M. Abel of Bryan Cave, L.L.P., St. Louis, Missouri.

When was Unidynamics Corporation d/b/a Crane National Vendors v. A... decided?

This case was decided on September 18, 1998.