In a 7-1 decision, the United States Supreme Court has held that laches cannot be invoked as a defense against a claim for patent infringement damages within § 286’s six year statute of limitations period in SCA Hygiene Products v. First Quality Baby Products. Laches is an equitable defense which may bar certain claims if …
In McRO, Inc., DBA Planet Blue v. Namco Games, et. al, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a trial court’s finding that a software patent claims an abstract idea and is invalid under the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in the Alice case. McRo involved patents that cover a method for synchronizing lip and …
Patent litigation could be forever changed when the United States Supreme Court decides two related cases concerning the test for enhancing damages. The Supreme Court granted certiorari in two cases, Stryker Corp. v. Zimmer, U.S., No. 14-1520, and Halo Electronics, Inc. v. Pulse Electronics, Inc., U.S., No. 14-1513, on the sole issue of whether the …