Diaper Maker Asks U.S. Supreme Court To Keep Laches Defense For Patents

(March 31, 2016, 3:39 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court should not review an appellate court’s laches rule in patent cases, an adult diaper maker argues in a March 22 brief, arguing that the decision does not conflict with Petrella v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (134 S. Ct. 1962 [2014]), which is settled law for copyright cases (SCA Hygiene Products Aktiebolag and SCA Personal Care, Inc. v. First Quality Baby Products, LLC, et al., No. 15-927, U.S. Sup.)....