Legal Opinion
Callaway Golf Co. v. Kappos
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided July 27, 2011No. 1:11cv266 LMB/TCBPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
LEONIE M. BRINKEMA, District Judge.
Before the Court are the parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment [Dkt. Nos. 10 and 22] concerning plaintiff Callaway Golf Company’s (“Callaway”) request to vacate defendant United States Patent and Trademark Office’s (“PTO”) inter partes reexaminations of four of Callaway’s patents. For the reasons stated in this Memorandum Opinion, Callaway’s motion will be denied and defendants’ motion will be granted.
I. Background
A. Statutory and regulatory background
A patent’s validity can be challenged either in a lawsuit filed in federal district…
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