United States: Tubing Explosion: Inequitable Conduct Renders A Patent Family Unenforceable

Holding

In a declaratory judgment action brought by Global Tubing, the district court granted the Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment of unenforceability for inequitable conduct. Glob. Tubing LLC v. Tenaris Coiled Tubes LLC , 2023 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 46067 (S.D. Tex. Mar. 17, 2023). 1 Background

The Tenaris patents at issue are U.S. Patent Nos. 9,803,256 (“the ‘256 patent”), 10,378,074 (“the ‘074 patent”), and 10,378,075 (“the ‘075 patent”), relating to high performance material for coiled tubing in the oil and gas industry and methods of producing the same.Southwestern, a former competitor, created and distributed to its customers a “sales […]

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