United States:
High Point SARL v. Sprint Nextel Corp., No. 2015-1298 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 5, 2016)
12 April 2016
Haug Partners
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High Point SARL ("High Point") appealed a grant of
summary judgment dismissing its lawsuit on the grounds of equitable
estoppel and laches. The Federal Circuit affirmed on
equitable-estoppel grounds and declined to consider laches.
Reviewing the application of equitable estoppel under an
abuse-of-discretion standard, the Federal Circuit concluded that
High Point and its predecessors' silence and misleading conduct
as to infringement concerns and their active involvement in
licensing arrangements with Sprint and other potentially infringing
vendors, coupled with Sprint's detrimental reliance and
resulting economic and evidentiary prejudice, supported a finding
of equitable estoppel.
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