Posts Tagged: Gil Hyatt
CAFC Dismisses USPTO’s Appeal on Expert Witness Fees in Hyatt II Based on Supreme Court NantKwest Analysis
On August 18, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a precedential decision in Hyatt v. Hirshfeld (Hyatt II), the latest in a line …
Are 5% of All U.S. Issued Patents Presumed to Be Unenforceable Under Laches Due to Their Priority Claims?
Laches is an equitable defense that may be raised in a patent-related proceeding. If a defending party can show that a patent holder exhibited unreasonable delay that …
USPTO Seeks Dismissal of Class Action Inventor Suit Filed Over SAWS Program
On September 26, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office filed a motion to dismiss a class action complaint filed by two inventors alleging violations of the Privacy …
CAFC: Hyatt APA Challenges Time-Barred and Based on Incorrect Statutory Interpretation
The Federal Circuit recently issued an opinion in a decades-longbattle over the microcomputer patent applications of Mr. Hyatt, the named inventor on more than 70 issued patents and …
