High Point Sarl v. Sprint Nextel Corporation, No. 15-1298 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 5, 2016)

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High Point SARL (“High Point”) appeals from the dis- trict court ’s grant of summary judgment that equitab le estoppel and laches preclude prosecution of this lawsuit. High Point’s predecessors -in-interest to the patents -in- suit helped D efendants build a communications network through licensed and unlicensed activity for over a de c- ade. High Point acquired rights to the patents-in-suit and asserted them for the first time against Defendants after more than si x years of unlicensed activity .