Legal Opinion
Stuart R. Meyers v. Asics Corp., and Asics Tiger Corp., and Hyde Athletics Industries
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided September 4, 1992No. 90-1305, 91-1307 and 91-1308PublishedCited by 133 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ARCHER, Circuit Judge.
Stuart R. Meyers (Meyers) appeals the summary judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Meyers v. Asics Tiger Corp., 731 F.Supp. 640, 17 USPQ2d 1078 (S.D.N.Y.1990), in favor of Asics Corp. (Asics), Asics Tiger Corp. (ATC), and Hyde Athletics Industries (Hyde) (collectively the defendants) on their defenses of laches and equitable estoppel. We reverse and remand.
BACKGROUND
Meyers obtained three patents for therapeutic shoe sole structures, U.S. Patent Nos. 4,297,797 (the ’797 patent), 4,445,283 (the ’283 patent), and 4,627,177 (the…
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