Supreme Court To Address Role Of Assignor Estoppel In Patent Cases

Mealey's (January 11, 2021, 9:26 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In its Jan. 8 orders list the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it will hear an appeal of an April decision by the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals that barred a patent assignor from challenging the validity of a patent in Delaware federal court, where it was later deemed liable for infringement....