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Jury Says Firetruck Maker Owes Rival $1.5M In IP Fight, Law360

Jury Says Firetruck Maker Owes Rival $1.5M In IP Fight, Law360

Law360 writes about a jury trial win for RumbergerKirk partner David Willis and Todd Benoff, Joshua Weeks and Scott Pivnick of Alston & Bird, LLP while representing Pierce Manufacturing Inc in an intellectual property lawsuit.

“Following a six-day trial in U.S. District Court in Tampa, a jury found that a line of firetrucks marketed by E-One Inc., based in Ocala, Florida, infringed claims in a 2017 patent that’s owned by Pierce Manufacturing Inc., a Wisconsin-based Oshkosh unit that’s one of the world’s largest makers of firetrucks.”

The jury found that E-One owes Pierce $1,287,854 in lost profits and $170,500 in royalties.

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