According to a report from the Milwaukee Business Journal, Briggs & Stratton has agreed to pay $33.65 million to The Toro Company to settle a patent-infringement case from May 2010.
Manufacturers had a chance to show off their latest and greatest products to nearly 19,000 registered attendees, including nearly 3,500 dealers and retailers, at the 2017 Green Industry & Equipment (GIE+Expo), held recently in Louisville, Ky. The show had another record-setting year, with registrations up 13% from 2016.
Wilfred H. "Dick" Tegtmeier, 74, of Beatrice co-founded Exmark Manufacturing with three others before branching out on his own to start Encore Manufacturing.
Briggs & Stratton has filed a counterclaim in U.S. District Court in Omaha against Beatrice lawn mower maker Exmark Manufacturing, which sued the Wisconsin company and Schiller Grounds Care Inc. in May alleging their mowers infringe on its patents
Exmark Manufacturing, the rural lifestyle Nebraska-based unit of the Toro Co. says Briggs & Stratton is violating a patent for a mulching mower deck with multiple blades.
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