(United States Supreme Court) - In an infringement suit involving a patent for adult incontinence products,the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals' judgment upholding the District Court's grant of summary judgment to defendant on the grounds of equitable estoppel and laches based on Circuit precedent, which permitted laches to be asserted against a claim for damages incurred within the Patent Act's 6-year limitations period, or 35 U.
S.
C. 286,is vacated where laches cannot be invoked as a defense against a claim for damages brought within section 286's 6-year limitations period.
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