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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Motion to Compel Denied - Noncompliance with "Meet and Confer" Rule
Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. v. Harmonix Music Sys., Inc., No. 6:08cv286, 2009 WL 3448148, *2-*3 (E.D. Tex. Oct. 22, 2009) Judge: John Love Holding: Motion to Compel DENIED Thanks to Robert Matthews with Matthews…
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Attorney Most Supportive of Paralegals Award
Had a nice surprise on my desk when Jamie and I got back from vacation this week - at their recent Paralegal Day event the Northeast Texas Association of Paralegals voted me the attorney most…
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Motion for Summary Judgment as to Patent Defendant's Defenses and Counterclaims Granted in Part; Antitrust Claims Severed
Fiber Systems Intern., Inc. v. Applied Optical Systems, Inc., 2009 WL 3571350(E.D.Tex. Oct 26, 2009) (NO. 2:06-CV-473) Judge: T. John Ward Holding: Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment as to Defendant's Affirmative Defense and Counterclaims GRANTED…
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William Wayne Justice (1920-2009)
Former Eastern District of Texas chief judge William Wayne Justice passed away yesterday at his home in Austin. Judge Justice was appointed to the Eastern District bench in 1968 following several years as U.S. Attorney…
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Patent Case Transferred
Prust v. Apple Inc, No. 2:09cv00092 (10/7/09) Judge: T. John Ward 2009-10-07Holding: Motion to Transfer Venue GRANTED Short and sweet result for defendant Apple. Judge Ward wrote that "[t]he plaintiff is in Minnesota, the defendant…
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Motion to Dismiss Resolved in Patent Infringement Plus Case
Ola, LLC v. Builder Homesite, Inc., 2009 WL 3190443(E.D.Tex. Sep 29, 2009) (NO. 2:08-CV-324-CE) Judge: Chad Everingham Holding: Motion to Dismiss GRANTED in part and DENIED in part Lots of holdings in this opinion by…
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Class Action Against Trustee Wells Fargo Certified
Clower v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., --- F.R.D. ----, 2009 WL 901486(E.D.Tex. Mar. 30, 2009) (NO. 2:07-CV-510-TJW) Judge: T. John Ward Holding: Motion for Class Certification GRANTED Plaintiffs as beneficiaries of irrevocable or testamentary trusts…
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Madeleine Segal Hall (2009)
Madeleine Hall, widow of the late U.S. District Judge Sam B. Hall, Jr., for whom the Marshall federal courthouse i s named passed away Tuesday morning at home with her three daughters. Visitation is this…
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Law Office Management: One number to rule them all...
I've posted previously on some ways to set up a small office phone system inexpensively, but most lawyers these days spend most of their time on cell phones. And that means that the lawyer may…
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Court Sets Aside Willful Infringement Finding in Centocor v. Abbott
Centocor v. Abbott Labs, 2:07cv139 (Oct. 1, 2009) Judge: T. John Ward Holding: Defendant's Motion for JMOL as to willful infringement GRANTED Judge Ward issued a couple of orders in this case today, one denying…