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Hearing Components, Inc v Shure, Inc, No. 9:07-cv-00104 (E.D. Tex. Mar. 26, 2009)

Denied
General / Procedural
Court
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Lufkin Division
Case No.
No. 9:07-cv-00104, Dkt. No. 187
Decided
March 26, 2009
Judge
See opinion
Document
Order
Docket Entry
Memorandum and Order on Claims of Patent Misuse in that the Court will deny Shure's claims of patent misuse based on certain provisions included in HCI's licensing agreements, namely (1) providing for a post-expiration marking requirement; …
Length
24 pages

From the Opinion

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ON CLAIMS OF PATENT MISUSE Plaintiff Hearing Components, Inc. filed suit against Defendant Shure, Inc. claiming infringement of United States Patent Nos. 4,880,076; 5,002,151; and 5,401,920. The ‘076 and ‘151 patents are directed toward a hearing aid ear piece or other sound transmission device connected to a disposable compressible foam sleeve. A bench trial was held on the equitable issues of laches and patent misuse on January 20, 2009. The court denied Shure’s laches claims on the record, but reserved the issue of patent misuse at that time.

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