Legal Opinion
SCA Hygiene Products Aktiebolag v. First Quality Baby Products, LLC
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided September 17, 2014No. 2013-1564PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUGHES, Circuit Judge.
SCA owns U.S. Patent No. 6,375,646 (the '646 patent), which relates to certain adult incontinence products. After SCA sued a competitor, First Quality, for infringement of the '646 patent, the district court dismissed the case, finding that SCA’s claims were barred by both laches and equitable estoppel. Because the district court properly concluded that SCA’s more than six-year delay in filing suit warranted dismissal based on laches, we affirm the court’s grant of summary judgment in that regard. But given SCA and First Quality’s limited interactions, there remain…
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