On Remand From Supreme Court, Federal Circuit Holds Arguments In Laches Dispute

Mealey's (April 11, 2018, 8:04 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A patent owner on April 6 told the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals at oral arguments that the U.S. Supreme Court’s rulings on laches in SCA Hygiene Products Aktiebolag v. First Quality Baby Products, LLC, 137 S. Ct. 954, 967 (2017), and Petrella v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc., 134 S. Ct. 1962 (2013), compels reversal of a New York federal judge’s decision to deny a request for relief under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b)(6), Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b)(6) (Medinol Ltd. v. Cordis Corporation and Johnson & Johnson, No. 15-1027, Fed. Cir.)....