John Bean Technologies Corp. v. Morris & Associates, Inc.

 
APPEAL NO.
20-1090, 20-1148
OP. BELOW
DCT
SUBJECT
Patent
AUTHOR
Reyna

Question(s) Presented

  1. “Whether an equitable affirmative defense like equitable intervening rights negates infringement and thus excuses a district court from considering willfulness in determining whether the defendant has unclean hands.”
  2. “Whether a district court may ignore a plaintiff’s arguments on the defendant’s unclean hands when granting summary judgment on an equitable affirmative defense.”

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