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Having generously described the court’s own cases, Alito easily dismisses the authorities on which the court of appeals relied: “In light of the general rule regarding the relationship between laches ...

The Federal Circuit’s ruling in PMC’s case also conflicts with that appellate court’s general application of laches. Citing to 2005’s Symbol Technologies v.

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 caused prejudice to the ...

Laches in Trademark Infringement. In his Patent and Trademark Law column, Robert C. Scheinfeld of Baker Botts writes: Because the consuming public's interest in not being exposed to confusingly ...

Indeed, laches often bars equitable relief in actions brought by tardy plaintiffs prior to the relevant election. See Navarro v. Neal, 904 F. Supp. 2d 812, 816-817 (N.D. Ill. 2012) (collecting ...

Bling It On: Laches Prevents Profit Disgorgement in Diamond-Studded Trademark Battle by: Keval Amin of McDermott Will & Emery - IP Update Thursday, February 8, 2024 ...

The M.(K.) case, however, held that mere delay itself is also insufficient. From this, we can say that for there to be laches, there must be delay and acquiescence, or delay and prejudice. Expanding ...