Defendant’s Litigation Misconduct Precludes Laches Defense

Following an evidentiary hearing, the court rejected defendant's laches defense because defendant failed to prove laches, and even if it had, "the Court would conclude that [defendant] should not benefit from laches because its hands are not clean." "As is detailed both in this record and in the proceeding severed out of this case to resolve allegations that [defendant] impermissibly attempted to interfere with [plaintiff's] expert, [defendant] engaged in unprofessional conduct that threatened, but fortunately did not affect, the integrity of this litigation. Sitting in equity, the Court cannot countenance such behavior — let alone allow it to benefit from an equitable remedy."

U.S. Ethernet Innovations, LLC v. Texas Instruments Incorporated et al, 6-11-cv-00491 (TXED September 18, 2014, Order) (Schneider, J.)