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GEO M. MARTIN CO. v. ALLIANCE MACH. SYSTEMS INTER.

No. C 07-00692 WHA.

634 F.Supp.2d 1024 (2008)

GEO M. MARTIN COMPANY, a California corporation, and The Martin Family Trust—1989, Plaintiffs, v. ALLIANCE MACHINE SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, LLC, a Wyoming corporation, Defendant.

United States District Court, N.D. California.

November 17, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth E. Keller, Anne Elizabeth Kearns, Christopher T. Holland, Lori L. Behun, Michael David Lisi, Krieg Keller Sloan Reilley & Roman LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiffs.

Bart Torvik, Attorney at Law, Gerald H. Sullivan, J. Thomas Vitt, John J. Brogan, Michael Matesky, Patricia Anne Welch, Sri K. Sankaran, Surya Saxena, Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Minneapolis, MN, for Defendant.

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT'S RULE 50 MOTION ON THE ISSUE OF OBVIOUSNESS

INTRODUCTION

WILLIAM ALSUP, District Judge.

In this patent infringement action, defendant Alliance Machine Systems International, LLC, moves for judgment as a matter of law on the issue of obviousness after a two-week jury trial that resulted in a hung jury. For the reasons set forth below, Alliance's motion is GRANTED.

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