High Point Sarl v. Sprint Nextel Corporation

REYNA, Circuit Judge.

High Point SARL (“High Point”) appeals from the district court’s grant of summary judgment that equitable estoppel and laches preclude prosecution of this lawsuit; High Point’s predecessors-in-interest to the'patents-in-suit helped Defendants build a communications network through licensed and unlicensed activity for over a decade. High Point acquired rights to the patents-in-suit and asserted them for the first-time against. Defendants after more than six years of unlicensed activity. We hold that equitable estoppel applies in this instance and High Point is barred from…