Legal Opinion

Moldo v. Matsco, Inc. (In Re Cybernetic Services, Inc.)

United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit

Decided September 29, 1999No. BAP No. CC-98-1690-PKRi. Bankruptcy No. SV 97-15576 AGPublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

PERRIS, Bankruptcy Judge.

This appeal raises the question of whether perfection of a security interest in a patent requires a filing with the United States Patent & Trademark Office (“Patent Office”). The bankruptcy court decided that it did not, and granted the motion of Matsco, Inc. (“Matsco”) and Matsco Financial Corporation (“Financial”) for relief from the automatic stay 2 to foreclose their patent hen. We AFFIRM.

I.FACTS

The primary asset of the bankruptcy estate of Cybernetic Services, Inc. (“Debtor”) is a patent for a data recorder designed to capture data from a video signal…

2Cases cited11 opinions

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  3. Spero Saridakis v. United AirlinesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1999
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3Cited by6 opinions

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  4. In Re Daniel Byron Cady, Debtor, Jeffrey Palm Danielle Lynn Scapparo v. Daniel Byron Cady William A. Klapperman Alfred SiegelCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
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