Global Tubing v Tenaris Coiled Tubes (Fed. Cir., February 26, 2026) 2023-1882
This episode concerns a judicial opinion from the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit involving a legal battle between Global Tubing LLC and Tenaris over coiled tubing technology used in the oil and gas industry. The court vacated summary judgment rulings regarding inequitable conduct and Walker Process fraud, determining that several genuine disputes of material fact require a trial. Central to the dispute is whether a Tenaris inventor, Dr. Martín Valdez, intentionally deceived the Patent and Trademark Office by withholding specific documents related to a predecessor…
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