Riddell Granted Summary Judgment in Helmet Rival’s Patent Infringement Suit
By Clyde Shuman, of Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz
A federal judge in Illinois has granted the summary judgment motion of Riddell Inc., finding two patents asserted against it relating to aspects of a football helmet to be not infringed and a third patent to be invalid.
In Kranos IP Corp. et al. v. Riddell Inc., case number 1:17-cv-06802 (N.D. Ill.), Kranos IP and two related companies sued the football equipment behemoth Riddell for infringement of three patents owned by Kranos C