A federal judge has ruled that BlueRadios, a Colorado technology company, cannot proceed with its legal-malpractice lawsuit against the Boston law firm Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, determining the allegations to be time-barred. BlueRadios accused the firm of legal malpractice, fraudulent concealment, breach of fiduciary duty, and aiding and abetting in relation to the misappropriation of its Golden-i wireless technology patent. The company claimed that the firm had conspired to grant patent ownership to BlueRadios’ former business partner, Kopin, a Massachusetts-based microdisplay technology company.
U.S. District Judge Denise J. Casper of the District of Massachusetts held that BlueRadios should have been aware of its claims by 2009 at the latest, as the issues with the patents were publicly visible. In her opinion, Judge Casper wrote, “Based on the numerous representations made to BlueRadios of the facts underlying the basis of the claims and well as the ability for them to independently discover any alleged issues with the patents as they were publicly visible, BlueRadios was on notice of their claims as of 2009 at the latest as no reasonable jury could find that BlueRadios acted with the requisite level of diligence in discovering the purported inconsistencies in ownership and inventorship underlying the basis for their claims.” More details can be found in the official court document here.
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