United States Supreme Court
SCA Hygiene Products Aktiebolag v. First Quality Baby Products, LLC, 15-927
In an infringement suit involving a patent for adult incontinence products, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals' judgment upholding the District Court's grant of summary judgment to defendant on the grounds of equitable estoppel and laches based on Circuit precedent, which permitted laches to be asserted against a claim for damages incurred within the Patent Act's 6-year limitations period, 35 U.S.C. 286, is vacated where laches cannot be invoked as a defense against a claim for damages brought within section 286's 6-year limitations period.
Appellate Information
- Published 2017/03/21
Judges
- ALITO
Court
- United States Supreme Court