Trendx Enterprises Inc. v. All-Luminum Products Inc., No. 11-2512; U.S. District Court (DNJ); opinion by Wolfson, U.S.D.J.; filed April 18, 2012. DDS No. 53-7-6018 [20 pp.]
Plaintiff Trendx Enterprises Inc. alleges that defendant All-luminum Products Inc., doing business as Rio Brands, infringes on the following four patents: U.S. Patent No. 5,120,016 (the ’016 patent); No. 5,575,234 (the ’234 patent); No. 5,813,163, (the ’163 patent); and No. 5,941,191 (the ’191 patent) (T-Bar patents). The patents relate to technology that secures poles, umbrellas, rods or similar objects to a structure, such as a deck or dock, without screws, nails, glue or other means that may damage the deck or dock surface.
