Legal Opinion
Hyatt v. Iancu
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 31, 2018No. Civil Action No. 05-2310 (RCL); Civil Action No. 09-1864 (RCL); Civil Action No. 09-1869 (RCL); Civil Action No. 09-1872 (RCL)PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Royce C. Lamberth, United States District Judge *117I. BACKGROUND
Before the Court is the defendant's asserted affirmative defense of prosecution laches in the four above-captioned cases. Prosecution laches is an equitable doctrine that can hold patents unenforceable when an applicant engages in unnecessary and unexplained delays in prosecuting a patent. See In re Bogese , 303 F.3d 1362, 1367 (Fed. Cir. 2002) ; Symbol Technologies, Inc. v. Lemelson Medical , 277 F.3d 1361, 1365-66 (Fed. Cir. 2002) ( Symbol Techs. I ); Woodbridge v. United States , 263 U.S. 50, 56, 44 S.Ct. 45, 68 L.Ed. 159 (1923)…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Kappos v. HyattSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
- Woodbridge v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Gilbert P. Hyatt v. Gary W. BooneCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1998
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