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By Gary Odom and Jordan Kuhn

In January 2008, Whirlpool put LG Electronics before the ITC, and in Delaware district court, for infringing five refrigerator patents. The best day for the plaintiff was the day they filed, at least before the ITC. As the flowers bloomed in May, Whirlpool's wilted, dropping two, as Whirlpool conceded their invalidity. September blew in. Leaves fell, as did two more patents before the ITC, as LG agreed to tweak its design. This past week, the ITC administrative judge crushed the ice bin patent assertion for noninfringement (6,082,130). Meanwhile, the district court case remains scheduled for trial March 2010. At least for now....

Full post as published by The Patent Prospector on March 01, 2009 (boomark / email).