Panel Says Settlement Must Be Enforced In Mattress Patent Row

Mealey's (February 19, 2020, 1:49 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Feb. 13 found that a New York federal judge erred in granting Casper Sleep Inc. a summary judgment that it did not infringe a competitor’s mattress patent, after the parties had already executed a settlement agreement in the case (Serta Simmons Bedding LLC v. Casper Sleep Inc., Nos. 2019-1098, -1159, Fed. Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 446)....