SAN FRANCISCO — An effort by a group of technology companies to short-circuit patent litigation in the Northern District of California using a recently resuscitated patent law doctrine was turned back on Thursday.
U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken denied a motion to toss infringement claims against Canon Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Newegg Inc. and Seiko Epson Corp., finding their earlier victory before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) doesn’t trigger the so-called Kessler doctrine.
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