A patent attorney who allegedly allowed his client’s patents to expire by failing to pay maintenance fees was able to trim some claims by the patent-holder, Force MOS Technology Co. Ltd., as duplicative of the company’s legal malpractice claim.
US Magistrate Judge Susan Van Keulen of the US District Court for the Northern District of California granted the lawyer’s motion to dismiss the company’s claims of breach of fiduciary duty and negligence for being duplicative on Thursday.
The implied contract claim wasn’t duplicative, but the court dismissed the company’s claim on the grounds that the complaint didn’t allege sufficient facts ...
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