Krippelz v. Ford Mtr Co

Filing 494

MOTION by Defendant Ford Motor Company for judgment As A Matter Of Law (Lewry, Thomas)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION __________

JACOB KRIPPELZ, SR., Plaintiff, vs. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Defendant.

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CASE NO. 98 C 2361 HONORABLE JAMES B. ZAGEL

FORD MOTOR COMPANY'S MOTION FOR JUDGMENT AS A MATTER OF LAW Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 50(b), Ford Motor Company renews its Motion for Judgment as a Matter of Law on the validity of Krippelz's patent because no reasonable jury could sustain the validity of claim 2 based on the evidence presented. The grounds for this motion are set forth more fully in the accompanying brief. Respectfully submitted,

By:

/s/ Thomas A. Lewry THOMAS A. LEWRY FRANK A. ANGILERI JOHN S. Le ROY DANIEL M. STOCK BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C. 1000 Town Center, 22nd Floor Southfield, Michigan 48075-1238 Tel: [phone]; Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] [e-mail] [e-mail] [e-mail] Attorneys for Defendant

Date: March 5, 2010

LOCAL COUNSEL: ALFRED M. SWANSON, JR. GREENE & LETTS 111 West Washington, Suite 1650 Chicago, Illinois 60602 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone]

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CERTIFICATE OF ELECTRONIC SERVICE

I hereby certify that on March 5, 2010, I electronically filed the foregoing document with the Clerk of the Court for the Eastern District of Illinois using the CM/ECF System which will send notification to all registered participants of the CM/ECF System as listed on the Court's Notice of Electronic Filing. I also certify that I have mailed by United States Postal Service the paper to the following non-participants in the ECF System: Mark Edward Ferguson Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott 54 West Hubbard Street, Suite 300 Chicago, IL 60610 Respectfully submitted,

By:

/s/ Thomas A. Lewry THOMAS A. LEWRY FRANK A. ANGILERI JOHN S. Le ROY DANIEL M. STOCK BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C. 1000 Town Center, 22nd Floor Southfield, Michigan 48075-1238