Delaware Litigation Over Ballot-Marking Patents Won’t Be Dismissed

Mealey's (March 6, 2019, 12:24 PM EST) -- WILMINGTON, Del. — Citing evidence that a defendant was given notice of two patents and shortly thereafter submitted a proposal to Los Angeles County, Calif., officials that made use of its accused product, a Delaware federal judge on March 5 denied dismissal of allegations of willful infringement by the patent owner (Election Systems & Software LLC v. Smartmatic USA Corporation, No. 18-1259, D. Del., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 34738)....