Panel Denies Mandamus In Dispute Over Adverse Inference In Patent Row

Mealey's (November 4, 2020, 1:54 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a Nov. 3 order, the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals denied mandamus sought by a petitioner who asked the panel to vacate a California federal judge’s order granting an adverse inference jury instruction in a patent dispute as a sanction for deleted emails (In re: Ivantis Inc., No. 20-147, Fed. Cir.)....