IN BRIEF: Prison inmate cannot sue for patent infringement, Fed Circuit says - Reuters

Reuters | Aug. 20, 2020, 7 p.m. | Original

A New Jersey inmate who obtained a patent while serving a life sentence cannot sue hard-drive maker Western Digital Corp for patent infringement, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said on Thursday.

Affirming a federal judge in California, the appeals court said Walter Tormasi lacked capacity to sue Western Digital because New Jersey has a ban on inmates operating a business without prior approval.

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