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Key Takeaways
- A patent owner failed to disclose to the Patent Office 61 sales of the claimed invention that occurred before the patent’s critical date.
- That non-disclosure ultimately caused the patent owner to lose the patent entirely.
- The patent owner was then sued for tortious interference and ordered to pay the competitor’s legal fees on top of damages.
The Bottom Line: Failing to disclose known prior sales activity to the Patent Office before the critical date can cost a patent owner not just the patent, but also expose them to a lawsuit and the other side’s legal fees.
Summary: A case study about how NOT to try to use patents.
Disaster befalls a patent owner who decided not to tell the Patent Office about 61 sales using the claimed intervention before the patent’s critical date. Craige explains how they hurt themselves in the patent office, which led to them losing their patent, getting sued for tortious interference, and paying the competitors legal fees on top of damages!
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