Legal Opinion
Stuart R. Meyers v. Brooks Shoe Inc. And Wolverine World Wide, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided August 31, 1990No. 90-1081PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MAYER, Circuit Judge.
Stuart R. Meyers appeals an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, 721 F.Supp. 588 (1989), granting summary judgment for Brooks Shoe Inc. and Wolverine World Wide, Inc. on their defenses of laches and equitable estoppel to Meyers’ suit for patent infringement. We reverse and remand.
Background
Meyers is a practicing podiatrist interested in the biomechanics of running. He has independently developed therapeutic sole structures for running shoes and obtained patents for his inventions, including U.S. Patents 4,297,797,…
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