Laurie Visual Etudes, Inc. v. Chesebrough-Pond's, Inc.

I would not order a new trial but would dismiss the complaint. It is a basic principle of patent law that in exchange for the patent monopoly, the patent holder must make a complete disclosure as to the invention, including the basic idea of the invention, its utility, and a physical embodiment of the patent (cf. Ferber v Sterndent Corp., 51 NY2d 782; Platzman v American Totalisator Co., 45 NY2d 910), and the patent holder is the last one in the world who should be permitted to contend there is more to his invention or idea that was not disclosed in the patent. “We would remind them [patent…