EDTexweblog.com
EDTexweblog.com has news and summaries of rulings, categorized by judge, from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. Posts frequently deal with patent cases.
Author: Author Michael C. Smith is an attorney with the Roth Law Firm in Marshall, Texas, where he specializes in product liability, and complex commercial and patent litigation in federal court.
Blawg Related Categories: Intellectual Property Law • Patent Law • Product Liability Law • States • Texas • Business Law
Recent Posts from EDTexweblog.com
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Summary judgment granted on state law claims in West v. Perry
Trial starts tomorrow in this case, but the defendant scored a win today, as Judge Davis affirmed Judge Love's report and recommendation that the defendant's motion for summary judgment as to the plaintiff's state law…
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Patent verdict in Golden Hour v. emsCharts case
Who says juries don't work hard? It wasn't until after sending out seven notes that the jury in the Golden Hour Data Systems, Inc. v. emsCharts, Inc., 2:06cv381 case pending in Judge Ward's court in…
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Stay Pending Reexam Denied in ESN v. Cisco - Rumblings About Efficacy of Inter Partes Reexam
Peter Zura has a good post analyzing Judge Folsom's recent decision denying a motion to stay in the ESN v. Cisco litigation. He points out that Judge Folsom was not persuaded by the claims made…
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Marshall's "Wonderland of Lights" Begins
Jurors in the Golden Hour Data Systems v. emsCharts case being tried in Marshall federal court this week will get a surprise tonight when they leave the courthouse and see the image to the left.…
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"Why Apple Got Sued in Texas" - Wall Street Journal - Nov. 24, 2008
Good short article in the Wall Street Journal's Business Technology section here yesterday by reporter Ben Worthen on the recent patent case filed against Apple in the Eastern District of Texas. Ben goes into the…
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Deposition in Albritton v. Cisco
Just completed my deposition in the Albritton v. Cisco case. Interesting experience being a witness. Let me just say that until you've been crossexamined over a joke you told in a weblog post, you haven't…
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Marshall Jury Returns Infringement Verdict Against All Parties
I'll post more details later, but I just learned that the Marshall jury in Judge Davis' Mass v. Ergotron case returned willful infringement verdicts for both sides yesterday. Plaintiff asked the jury for $64 million…
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Copyright Infringement and Unfair Competition Case With "Hollywood Stars" Set for Trial in Marshall
Thanks to both sides' jury consultants and assorted staff and assistants it's all over town that a trial with honest to goodness "Hollywood stars" (which they say in low whispers) is set to occur in…
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Patent filing statistics
PATracer has its September 2008 On the Radar report out, which tracks trends in the filing of patent cases. 200 new cases out, down from 241 in August. ED Tex is still tops at 29,…
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More discussion about sealed filings
Readers of PATracer know that Kyle Fleming has been raising the issues of the problematic nature of sealed filings in patent litigation for some time. He had another post this week on this issue, noting…