A federal court in the USA has denied a request for summary judgment from Staples concerning a patent infringement case with Accentra – the makers of PaperPro staplers.
The judge has allowed the case to go to trial, tentatively scheduled for November in US District Court for the central district of California
PaperPro filed a lawsuit in 2007 against Staples' One Touch staplers, saying the Staples products violated three of PaperPro's patents. Staples in turn filed a motion for summary judgment, in an attempt to have a judge decide the case without going to trial.
"A reasonable jury could conclude that Staples' accused staplers infringe the '709, '768, and '692 patents, and myriad factual disputes preclude granting summary judgment of non-infringement to Staples," Federal District Judge Audrey Collins said in a ruling.