Lismont v. Alexander Binzel Corp.
Addressing laches issues in the
context of a multi-jurisdictional dispute, the US Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit affirmed a summary judgment ruling that the
plaintiff's correction of inventorship lawsuit was barred by
the doctrine of laches. Lismont v. Alexander Binzel Corp.,
Case No. 14-1846 (Fed. Cir., Feb. 16, 2016) (Chen, J).
Mr. Hedwig Lismont resides in
Belgium. He asserts that in 1995 he began developing a
manufacturing process at the request of welding equipment
manufacturer Binzel-Germany. According to Mr. Lismont, after he
disclosed the details of his manufacturing process to Binzel, the
company began filing patent applications naming a Binzel employee,
and not Mr. Lismont, as the inventor. Three filings are of
relevance:
