The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "After Laches: Equitable Estoppel Redux?" on May 11, 2017 from 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET). Roger Cook of Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, Ann Fort of Eversheds Sutherland LLP, and David Kelley of Ford Global Technologies LLC will focus on a point mentioned by both the majority and the dissent in the U.S. Supreme Court decision in SCA Hygiene v. First Quality – that equitable estoppel can protect against some of the consequences that may ensue from the court's decision, problems described by the majority as "unscrupulous patentees inducing potential targets of infringement suits to invest in the production of arguably infringing products." The panel will explore whether equitable estoppel defense can indeed be used in many fact scenarios where laches previously applied.
The registration fee for the webinar is $135 (government and academic rates are available upon request). Those interested in registering for the webinar can do so here.
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