(DOWNLOAD) "Maxson v. Gober" by Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ~ Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Maxson v. Gober
- Author : Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
- Release Date : January 27, 2000
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 51 KB
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The Li Second Family Limited Partnership (Li) filed a patent infringement suit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia against Toshiba Corporation and Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. (collectively Toshiba). Li alleged that Toshiba makes semiconductor devices using a process that infringes several claims of Lis U.S. Patent No. 4,946,800 (the 800 patent). Among its defenses, Toshiba alleged that the 800 patent is unenforceable because Li and his attorney engaged in inequitable conduct before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO). After a bench trial on the issue, the district court agreed with Toshiba and concluded that the 800 patent is unenforceable due to inequitable conduct. Li Second Family Ltd. Pship v. Toshiba Corp., No. 97-306-A (E.D. Va. May 19, 1999) (memorandum opinion and order). Because the district court did not abuse its discretion in holding the 800 patent unenforceable, we affirm.