#welch-allyn

#welch-allyn

"[iRhythm] never commercialized nor asserted [its patents] and now seeks simply to tax the commercial market it watched iRhythm build through millions of dollars of investment."

In the recent iRhythm Technologies v. Welch Allyn decision, a new basis for discretionary denial emphasizes a petitioner's prior knowledge of a patent and inaction.