Intellectual Property
Sep. 28, 2005
It's Likely Curtains for Lemelson's Abuse of Patent System
Forum Column - By George M. Sirilla - In its Sept. 9 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the Jan. 23, 2004, decision of the lower court "holding that Lemelson's [14] asserted patents are unenforceable under the doctrine of prosecution laches." This decision may be a harbinger of the long-awaited end to the extraordinarily successful and lucrative exploitation of the Jerome Lemelson patent portfolio that has haunted American industry for the past decade plus.
Forum Column
By George M. Sirilla
In its Sept. 9 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for ...
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