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Office Star cleared in patent suit

By Furniture Today Staff -- Furniture Today, April 24, 2005

Ontario, Calif. — Office seating producer Office Star Products has prevailed in a patent infringement lawsuit filed against the company last year by competitor True Seating Concepts.

True Seating contended that Office Star had infringed two of its patents, but a federal judge disagreed, ruling there were no patent infringements.

In his ruling, U.S. District Judge James Selna granted Office Star's motion for summary judgment, effectively dismissing the suit before it went to trial.

Selna wrote that "an ordinary observer would not be induced into purchasing (Office Star's) product thinking it was the plaintiff's design."

True Seating argued that Office Star's Executive Chair infringed on one patent, and the company's models 5277 and 5227 infringed on another patent.

Both patents related to the design of the back and seat cushions.

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