Legal Opinion
John Bean Technologies v. Morris & Associates Inc
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided April 19, 2018No. 2017-1502PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Reyna, Circuit Judge.
*1324 John Bean Technologies Corp. appeals from a decision by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas holding that its patent infringement claims are barred by the affirmative defenses of equitable estoppel and laches. Because the asserted claims in this action were substantively amended or added following ex parte reexamination in 2014, and the plaintiff only sought damages for infringement of the reexamined claims, the district court abused its discretion in finding equitable estoppel based on activity beginning in 2002, twelve years prior to…
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