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Chadha & Chadha Intellectual Property Law Firm | India | 13 Sep 2018
Trademarks: doctrine of delay, laches and acquiescence
The Indian judicial system follows rules of equity in the court of justice. The doctrine of 'Delay or Laches' is thus an equitable doctrine. It is…
Carrington Coleman | USA | 10 May 2018
Laches bars mandamus in election case
Christopher Martin and Tina Marie High Brumbelow are candidates in a run-off election for the office of district judge in Van Zandt County. A week…
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP | USA | 2 Apr 2018
Judge Matsumoto Declines to Hear Invalidity Arguments on Patent Previously Cancelled in IPR
On March 27, 2018, District Judge Matsumoto (E.D.N.Y.) issued an 83-page decision on the parties' summary judgment briefing, which covered ten issues…
Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, PC | USA | 28 Jun 2017
Rejecting Laches Defense, TTAB Orders Cancellation of Two Registrations for Restaurant Services
The TTAB granted this petition for Cancellation of registrations for the marks BLD and BLD's for bar and restaurant services on the ground of…
Foley & Lardner LLP | USA | 31 May 2017
Supreme Court Holds First Authorized Domestic or International Sale Exhausts U.S. Patent Rights
On May 30, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court held in Impression Products, Inc. v. Lexmark International, Inc. that “patent exhaustion is uniform and…
Baker McKenzie | USA | 31 May 2017
District court confirms arbitration award, rejecting arguments that the arbitrator had exceeded her powers or that arbitrator's handling of laches and statute of limitations defenses was in manifest disregard of the law.
G&K Services LUG, LLC ("LUG") brought this action in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio to vacate or modify an arbitration…
Jenner & Block LLP | USA | 23 May 2017
High Court: Laches Not a Defense to Patent Claim Within Limitations Period.
In SCA Hygiene Products Aktiebolag v. First Quality Baby Products, LLC, No. 15-927 (U.S. Mar. 21, 2017), the U.S. Supreme Court held that laches…
Knobbe Martens | USA | 11 May 2017
Supreme Court Eliminates Laches Defense For Patent Infringement
In SCA Hygiene Products v. First Quality Baby Products, No. 15-927, the Supreme Court held that laches is not a defense against a claim for damages…
Baker Botts LLP | USA | 2 May 2017
Laches No Longer a Defense in Patent Law
In SCA Hygiene Products Aktiebolag v. First Quality Baby Products, LLC, 580 U.S. ___ (2017), the Supreme Court decided to remove laches, the…
McDermott Will & Emery | USA | 27 Apr 2017
No Equitable Defense of Laches in Patent Law
In a 7-1 decision, the Supreme Court of the United States held that the equitable defense of laches is no longer a valid defense to patent damages…
