10th Circuit: Covenant Not To Sue Did Not Obviously Apply To Canadian Patent

( October 23, 2024, 9:59 AM EDT) -- DENVER — The 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed a Colorado federal magistrate judge’s findings in a contract dispute stemming from claims of patent infringement, holding that the magistrate judge committed no error in finding that a covenant not to sue between two competing fuel supply companies may not apply to the relevant Canadian patent; a federal jury held that the defendant company violated the covenant....