In Kansas, Defendant Wins Leave To Add Inequitable Conduct Claim

Mealey's (June 4, 2019, 2:16 PM EDT) -- KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A defendant on June 3 won the right to amend its answer to patent infringement allegations to include a claim for inequitable conduct, in connection with alleged misleading statements made to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) by two inventors (J&M Industries Inc. v. Raven Industries Inc., No. 16-2723, D. Kan., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 92337)....