Tag: Pre-Suit Investigation
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Epic Tech v. Pen-Tech: Federal Circuit Limits Reliance on the Presumption of Validity Amid Strong Invalidity Signals
The Federal Circuit’s decision in Epic Tech, LLC v. Pen-Tech Associates, Inc., Case No. 2025-1624 (Fed. Cir. September 30, 2026), examines the relationship between the statutory presumption of patent validity and Rule 11’s requirement that litigants have a reasonable basis for asserting their claims. The court did not impose a general obligation to conduct a…