United States Federal Circuit
Ceats, Inc. v. Continental Airlines, Inc., 2013-1529
In a patent infringement action, the district court's denial of plaintiff's motion for relief from the judgment finding its patents invalid pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b), based on an alleged relationship between the court-appointed mediator and the law firm representing most of the accused infringers, is affirmed, where: 1) the mediator did have a duty to disclose his dealings with one of the firms involved in the litigation; but 2) relief from judgment under Rule 60(b) was not warranted.
Appellate Information
- Decided 06/24/2014
- Published 06/24/2014
Judges
- O’MALLEY
Court
- United States Federal Circuit