Publications
SCA Hygiene Products v. First Quality Baby Products
October 9, 2014
On September 17, 2014, the Federal Circuit decided the SCA Hygiene Products v. First Quality Baby Products case (Case No. 2013-1564). On appeal was the district court’s summary judgment grant of laches and equitable estoppel. The Federal Circuit affirmed the district court’s grant of laches and reversed its grant of equitable estoppel. The dispute between […]
Fast Track Patent Prosecution
February 14, 2014
By Jason Sanders They say that patience is a virtue. Yet with patent prosecution, patience isn’t as much of a virtue as it is a requirement. Certainly the 28-and-a-half-month average pendency of a patent application will test anyone’s patience.1 And it gets worse: the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) estimates that the total […]