Rooted in the principle of fairness, the doctrine of assignor estoppel generally prevents an inventor, who had previously assigned their patent rights to another for value, from later contesting the validity of the assigned...more
Plaintiff in a patent infringement matter concerning Plaintiff’s ceiling fan patents asked the court to delay all deadlines 90-days in light of the COVID19 crisis. Plaintiff noted that the parties and attorneys are all...more
No.
Micro Processing Technology, Inc. sent a letter to Plasma-Therm alleging that Plasma-Therm was infringing MPT’s patent. Plasma-Therm filed a declaratory judgment action seeking a declaration that it did not infringe....more
10/29/2018
/ Counterclaims ,
Declaration ,
Declaratory Judgments ,
Frivolous Lawsuits ,
Method Claims ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Motion To Strike ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Pleading Standards ,
Rule 11 ,
Sanctions ,
Voluntary Dismissals
No.
The owner of the TEMPUR-PEDIC bedding brand (“Plaintiff”) has sued a number of defendants, including a former retailer as well as the owner of the THERAPEDIC bedding brand. Through that lawsuit, Plaintiff seeks to enjoin...more