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SCA HYGIENE PRODUCTS v. FIRST QUALITY BABY PRODS.

No. 2013-1564.

767 F.3d 1339 (2014)

SCA HYGIENE PRODUCTS AKTIEBOLAG and SCA Personal Care, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. FIRST QUALITY BABY PRODUCTS, LLC, First Quality Hygienic, Inc., First Quality Products, Inc. and First Quality Retail Services, LLC, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

September 17, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin J. Black , Dechert LLP, of Philadelphia, PA, argued for plaintiffs-appellants. With him on the brief were Kevin M. Flannery and Teri-Lynn A. Evans.

Kenneth P. George , Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein, LLP, of New York, N.Y., argued for defendants-appellees. With him on the brief were Charles R. Macedo and Mark Berkowitz.

Before REYNA, WALLACH, and HUGHES, Circuit Judges.

HUGHES, Circuit Judge.

SCA owns U.S. Patent No. 6,375,646 (the '646 patent), which relates to certain adult incontinence products. After SCA sued a competitor, First Quality, for infringement of the '646 patent, the district court dismissed the case, finding that SCA's claims were barred by both laches and equitable estoppel. Because the district court properly concluded that SCA's more than six-year delay in filing suit warranted dismissal based on laches, we affirm...

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