Plaintiff’s Declaratory Action Not Anticipatory Litigation Due to Patentee’s Delayed Response to Licensing Request
By EsqSocial Corporation 08/04/25
The Central District of California denied a defendant’s motion to dismiss or transfer plaintiff’s first-filed declaratory judgement action based on defendant’s later-filed patent infringement suit in Wisconsin. Though suit was seemingly imminent when defendant advised plaintiff it might be infringing defendant’s patents, plaintiff responded by requesting a licensing agreement in lieu of litigation....
By: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP