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Article: DETROIT DIESEL FIGHTS 2 ENGINE PATENT SUITS.
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- Automotive News
- Article date:
- October 26, 1998
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The country's four largest independent engine makers are tangled in two patent-infringement lawsuits that are aimed at Detroit Diesel Corp.
One case is under appeal. The other, filed 16 months ago, has yet to be heard.
The cases involve specific engine features. On the line are market share, millions of dollars in attorney fees and perhaps hundreds of millions in damages.
"Lawsuits between companies like this happen infrequently," said Terry Rader, a partner with Rader, Fishman & Graver P.L.L.C., an intellectual-property law firm in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. "Usually, the parties resolve their disputes with cross-licenses or business ...