Appeals court says judge favored patent plaintiff in ‘scorched earth’ case

Photo: A man types on a computer keyboard in this illustration file picture. February 28, 2013. Photo credit: REUTERS / Kacper Pempel. Article by Blake Brittain. Reuters – March 4, 2022.

(Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Friday said a judge was wrong to order software company Mycroft AI Inc to cease cyberattacks and harassment against its opponent’s lawyers in a patent case, finding scant evidence connecting the company to the alleged misconduct.

The ruling by the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals also said U.S. District Judge Roseann Ketchmark in Kansas City had shown enough bias in favor of the law firm representing Mycroft’s adversary to justify reassigning the case to a new judge. […]

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