Article: SUNBEAM LAWSUIT West Bend to market stand mixer New product modified to comply with judge's order in infringement

The West Bend Co. will introduce its first stand mixer this fall, after modifying the product to conform to a federal judge's order.

West Bend Co., a West Bend-based division of Premark International Inc., has manufactured hand mixers for years. The company ended up in U.S. District Court in Hattiesburg, Miss., after Sunbeam Corp. filed a lawsuit claiming that West Bend's new stand mixer was a knockoff of its classic Mixmaster.

Judge Charles Pickering ruled May 3 that West Bend had infringed on Sunbeam's design rights and issued a preliminary injunction preventing West Bend from selling the product.

Pickering later revised the ruling to allow West Bend to sell a modified version of its new ...

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