(Originally published in Los Angeles Daily Journal 9/28/2015)  On Sept. 18, in SCA Hygiene Products Aktiebolag SCA Personal Care Inc. v. First Quality Baby Products LLC, the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued an en banc decision, holding that the equitable defense of laches remains a permitted defense to a damage…

By Rick Neifeld, of Neifeld IP Law, and Ben Davidson, of the Davidson Law Group 1 I. INTRODUCTION In the short time since it was created by the America Invents Act, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) has become one of the busiest venues for challenging issued U.S. patents. Companies accused of infringing patents…