Lifetime Industries, Inc. v. Trim-Lok, Inc., No. 17-1096 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 7, 2017)

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LIFETIME INDUSTRIES, INC. v. TRIM-LOK, INC. 2 Lifetime Industries, Inc. (“Lifetime”) appeals from the district court’s final judgment granting Trim-Lok, Inc. ’s (“Trim-Lok”) motion to dismiss Lifetime’s patent i n- fringement complaint for failing to adequately allege that Trim-Lok either directly or indirectly infringed claims 1–6 of U.S. Patent 6,966,590 (“the ’590 patent”) . See Lifetime Indus., Inc. v . Trim -Lok, Inc. , No. 3:13 -cv-819, 2016 WL 5724451, at *3 –5 (N.D. Ind. Sept . 30, 2016) (“Opinion”). For the following reasons, we reverse.