U.S. Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Laporte. Photo: Jason Doiy/ALM
A common forum selection clause precluded Sharper Image from pursuing an administrative challenge of a licensor's patents at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
April 19, 2019 at 04:24 PM
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The original version of this story was published on The Recorder
It’s easier than you might think to bargain away the right to challenge patent validity at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Thursday upheld San Francisco U.S. Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Laporte’s order last year compelling MerchSource LLC, also known as Sharper Image, to withdraw its administrative challenges to three patents on virtual reality headsets.
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