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District Court Reinforces High Bar For Applying Patent Prosecution Bar
11/19/2024
In Champion Power Equipment Inc. v. Firman Power Equipment Inc., No. CV-23-02371-PHX-DWL (D. Ariz. Oct. 18, 2024), defendant filed a motion for a protective order seeking two forms of relief:
- a patent prosecution bar that would preclude certain attorneys representing plaintiff from performing patent prosecution work for a period of two years following the conclusion of the action; and
- an order allowing each side the opportunity to object before its confidential information was shared with the other party’s non-technical experts.
The United States District Court for the District of Arizona denied the former and granted the latter. Id. at 2.
