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Court Rejects “Repair” Defense, Presumes Irreparable Harm For Preliminary Injunction

2010-1146 BorgWarner v. Dorman Products
ED/MI 09-cv-11602
Judge John Corbett O’Meara
Dorman appeals from the preliminary injunction order entered against it by Judge O’Meara stopping sales of its regenerative air pumps, used in automobile emission controls systems, as a likely infringement of BorgWarner’s 5,527,149 and 6,422,808 patents.
The court’s rejection of the “permissible repair” defense and its use [...]

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