United States Ninth Circuit

MOLDO v. MATSCO, INC., 99-56856

Neither 35 USC 261 of the Patent Act nor Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code requires a holder of a security interest in a patent to record the interest with the Federal Patent and Trademark Office to perfect the interest against a subsequent lienholder.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/17/2001
• Submitted 04/17/2001
• Decided 06/06/2001
• Published 06/06/2001

Judges

• GRABER, Circuit Judge:, Before:  PREGERSON, FERNANDEZ, and GRABER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Lorin Brennan, Newport Beach, California;  Damon G. Saltzburg, Saltzburg, Ray & Bergman, LLP, Los Angeles, California;  and Paul M. Brent, Steinberg, Nutter & Brent, Santa Monica, California, for the appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• James A. Tiemstra, Miller, Starr & Regalia, Walnut Creek, California, for the appellees.