Lawyers from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) have argued that they are not required to share further communications with an inventor whose $533 million jury verdict against Apple Inc. was reversed. The inventor in question had lodged a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit in hopes of obtaining more information from the USPTO. However, the USPTO has asked a D.C. federal judge to dismiss this legal action.
The inventor had initially achieved a significant victory against tech giant, Apple Inc., with a jury awarding him $533 million. However, that decision was disputed and subsequently overturned. Subsequent to that, the inventor launched a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the USPTO, seeking access to further communications from the organization.
In response, lawyers from the USPTO have argued that the agency is not obligated to display any more of its communications to him. Furthermore, the USPTO is now requesting a D.C. federal judge throw out his lawsuit.
Full details of this ongoing legal battle are available here.