Court Opinion

ID: 9477262
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 06:18:39.520437+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:45:46.958487
License: Public Domain

ARCHER, Circuit Judge,
concurring-in-part.
I join the majority opinion except Part V on estoppel in which I concur in the result.
*1556In Part V, the opinion unnecessarily decides issues not yet resolved by this court. In this case the first two elements of estoppel — unreasonable and inexcusable delay in filing suit and prejudice to the infringer — have been affirmatively established by the evidence without resort to any presumption. Accordingly, it is inappropriate to decide whether the presumptions applicable in a laches analysis apply to the first two elements of estoppel.
I also agree with the concurrence-in-part of Judge Nies.