WeCool Toys Gets Rubber Band Jewelry Kit Patent Suit Stayed

WeCool Toys Inc. convinced a federal judge to pause a suit accusing it of infringing patents for a rubber band jewelry kit pending the outcome of the toymaker’s ex parte patent reexamination request to the United States Patent and Trademark Office of a single patent.

An analysis of three factors weighed in favor of granting a stay, the US District Court for the District of New Jersey said on Thursday. The stay should be granted because under those factors, the case is unlikely to give WeCool a tactical advantage in the proceedings, the USPTO’s findings may simplify the case, and ...