Legal Opinion
Ocado Innovation Ltd. v. AutoStore AS
District Court, D. New Hampshire
Decided December 30, 2021No. 1:21-cv-00041Unknown
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE Ocado Innovation Ltd., et al. v. Civil No. 1:21-cv-00041-JL Opinion No.
2021 DNH 190
AutoStore AS, et al. MEMORANDUM ORDER Known as the “atomic bomb of patent law” because, if proven, it renders entire patents unenforceable, the inequitable conduct defense has become a potent tool in a patent litigator’s toolbox. Therasense, Inc. v. Becton, Dickinson and Co.,
649 F.3d 1276, 1285
(Fed. Cir. 2011). As such, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals “tightened the inequitable conduct standard to ensure that the defense is sustained only in egregious…
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