Gibbons is not liable in a malpractice suit by an ex-client whose invention was copied by a competitor after the firm secured a patent, a federal appeals court said.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a ruling on May 4 from the District of New Jersey dismissing the suit over a patent for a pair of extra-long pliers designed to reach into cramped confines of aircraft engines.
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