Brazos (WSOU)-Dell Preview & Dial-in Info UPDATED
Time for the next patent trial before Judge Albright. As of this writing the first witness has just taken the…
February 21, 2023
ParkerVision-Intel Preview & Dial-in Info UPDATED
After a slight delay caused by another round of Central Texas ice storms last week, trial before Judge Albright in…
February 21, 2023
VLSI-Intel III Verdict & Updated Texas IP Trial Tracker
Presumably this news has already reached most interested readers, but to put a bow on the blog's trial coverage, the…
November 16, 2022
VLSI-Intel III Preview & Dial-in Info II
OK, take two! As readers may recall, the third episode in the VLSI-Intel saga started to go to trial back in…
November 3, 2022
Voxer v. Meta + Ravgen v. Lab. Corp. Verdicts & Updated Texas IP Trial Tracker
It's been a busy couple weeks for those following patent trials in the Western District of Texas! First, on Wednesday…
September 23, 2022
Updates to the Court’s OGP
On September 16, 2022, the Court updated its Standing Order Governing Proceedings (OGP) 4.2 -- Patent Cases. Here are the…
September 19, 2022
Ravgen v. Lab. Corp. Preview & Dial-in Info
This week's trial in front of Judge Albright is Ravgen, Inc. v. Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings, Case No. 6:20-cv-00969-ADA.…
September 19, 2022
The Next Chapter: WDTX Patent Cases Since Judge Garcia’s July 25 Order
The Labor Day weekend seemed a good opportunity to catch up on the first six weeks in the “new world”…
September 6, 2022
NCS v. TCO Verdict & Updated Texas IP Trial Tracker
Friday afternoon 8/28 the jury in NCS Multistage v. TCO returned its verdict. For the second time (after January's infringement…
September 4, 2022
NCS Multistage v. TCO Preview & Dial-in Info
Another week, another trial in front of Judge Albright. The parties are opening as we speak in NCS Multistage Inc.…
August 22, 2022
A Spotlight on Two Instructive Discovery Disputes
This post below is courtesy of guest contributor Chris Hardee, AVP of Technology for Lumenci Inc., a technology consulting firm…
August 15, 2022
SunStone v. IBM Preview & Dial-in Info
UPDATED 8/12/22: We understand that the case settled before Friday morning summations, and so there will be no jury verdict.…
August 12, 2022
New WDTX Order re: Assigning Patent Cases Filed in Waco
Huge news concerning Western District of Texas patent litigation! WDTX Chief Judge Garcia has posted a new Order Assigning the…
July 25, 2022
Update: Never mind. Koss v. Apple Preview & Dial-in Info
Updated July 25: No trial this week, after all. On Saturday the parties filed a stipulation of dismissal disclosing they…
July 25, 2022
Caddo v. Microchip Verdict & Updated Texas IP Trial Tracker
Earlier today the Caddo v. Microchip jury came back with its verdict, finding that the asserted patent claims were infringed…
June 10, 2022
Caddo v. Microchip Preview & Dial-in Info
Another month, another Waco patent trial. On Monday starting at 9AM we'll hear opening statements in Caddo Systems, Inc. v.…
June 3, 2022
Surefield v. Redfin Verdict & Updated Texas IP Trial Tracker
Yesterday afternoon, after deliberating for about two hours, the jury in Surefield v. Redfin came back with a verdict in favor…
May 18, 2022
Surefield v. Redfin Preview & Dial-in Info
No rest for the weary! Fresh off the mid-trial COVID-related adjournment in VLSI-Intel III, Judge Albright's court now pivots to…
May 7, 2022
VLSI-Intel III Adjourned for COVID
Well, that was fast. VLSI-Intel III has been adjourned as of this morning on account of multiple (we think) jurors testing positive…
May 7, 2022
VLSI-Intel III pre-voir dire
This post is courtesy of guest author Tim Dewberry. Yesterday Magistrate Judge Gilliland conducted a pre-voir dire conference for the…
August 12, 2022
VLSI-Intel III Preview & Dial-in Info
Yes, y'all read that correctly; the parties in VLSI v. Intel are back for round three. Unlike chapters 1 and 2,…
April 22, 2022
Q & A with Newly Appointed Judge Derek Gilliland
Magistrate Judge Derek Gilliland took the bench this past week and has already jumped into the massive pool of patent…
April 11, 2022
Densys v. 3Shape Verdict & Updated Texas IP Trial Tracker
Today's post is courtesy of guest author Tim Dewberry. Today in the case Densys Ltd. v. 3Shape Trios A/S, a…
May 7, 2022
Updated Standing Orders – Venue, Jurisdictional Discovery, and Inter-District Transfers
On March 7, 2022, the Court updated its Standing Order Governing Proceedings (OGP) 4.0 – Patent Cases. Here are the…
March 14, 2022
EcoFactor v. Google Verdict & Updated Texas IP Trial Tracker
Judge Albright's busy 2022 trial calendar continues apace. Over the last two weeks the parties in EcoFactor, Inc. v. Google LLC…
February 12, 2022
NCS Multistage v. Nine Energy Verdict & Updated Texas IP Trial Tracker
The first Waco Division IP trial of 2022 wrapped up last Friday, following conclusion of the trial in NCS Multistage…
January 24, 2022
VideoShare v. Google Preview & Super Lighting v. CH Lighting Wrapup
Well, the Court has back-to-back trials, so y’all get a combination post. First, we’ll look ahead to this week’s trial…
November 8, 2021
Jiaxing Super Lighting v. CH Lighting Preview & Dial-in Info
Judge Albright's Court is again hosting another patent trial starting today, relating to LED lighting technology. Plaintiffs are Jiaxing Super…
November 1, 2021
Profectus v. Google Verdict & Updated Texas IP Trial Tracker
And another Waco trial's done! Profectus v. Google jury came back mid-morning yesterday. Counsel opened on Thursday afternoon, so that amounts to…
October 7, 2021
Profectus v. Google Preview & Dial-in Info
We know it's been a long while since we've been heard from; it was one of those summers (and may…
September 30, 2021
Another Procedural Update: OGP v3.4
Fresh off last week’s updates to Judge Albright’s Standing Orders (covered here and here); this week brings a further update,…
June 24, 2021
New Standing Orders – Notice of Readiness & Discovery Hearings
Amended Standing Order for Notice of Readiness: Yesterday Judge Albright released an amended standing order concerning the Case Readiness Status…
June 17, 2021
Freshub v. Amazon Preview & Dial-in Info
Judge Albright's Court will be hosting yet another patent trial this coming week. Here's how observers can dial in to…
June 14, 2021
Updated Standing Orders – Venue and Motions to Transfer
Yesterday the Court updated two of its standing orders: Standing Order Regarding Venue and Jurisdictional Discovery Limits and Standing Order…
June 14, 2021
Link roundup!
We’ll start off this week with a roundup of last week’s links. Considering there was a full jury trial (albeit…
May 24, 2021
The Verdict is in!
Today the jury in CloudofChange v. NCR returned a verdict in favor of Plaintiff CloudofChange, to the tune of $13.2…
May 20, 2021
Link Roundup!
Last week was actually a pretty quiet week for media coverage of the Waco Division, but now we return to…
May 16, 2021
CloudofChange v. NCR Trial Dial-in Info
Another week, another patent trial before Judge Albright. Here's how observers can dial in to the audio feed in CloudofChange v.…
May 14, 2021
Judge Albright’s Fireside Chat
Earlier today Judge Albright spoke at a Zoom-hosted “Fireside Chat” sponsored by the Austin Asian American Bar Association. Though if…
May 13, 2021
Mandamus Relief Denied – The Latest 1404(a) News from the Federal Circuit
On May 10th, the Federal Circuit denied a writ of mandamus requested by Western Digital Technologies (WDT), which unsuccessfully sought…
May 13, 2021
Judge Albright Speaking Engagement May 13
UPDATED MAY 7 We thought readers of the blog might like to know that at 11:30AM Central next Thursday, May…
May 7, 2021
Smörgåsbord & Link Roundup
To make up for our recent brief layoff, we’ll try to bring you a slightly meatier-than-normal summary of recent happenings…
April 30, 2021
VLSI-Intel II Link Roundup!
As promised, here’s a comprehensive listing of the other media coverage we were following during the VLSI-Intel II trial, in…
April 28, 2021
VLSI-Intel II Post-Mortem
It’s been a busy couple weeks of non-blog-related stuff around these parts, so we apologize for neglecting y’all. We’ll try…
April 28, 2021
ESW-Roku: New Verdict for the Trial Tracker
For those who haven't yet heard, Friday afternoon Roku notched its second trial win before Judge Albright. The jury handed…
April 12, 2021
Trial(s) Update: ESW-Roku & VLSI-Intel II
As much as we’d love to bring you wall-to-wall coverage of every trial in front of Judge Albright, this latest…
April 9, 2021
ESW v. Roku: No Trial Today
Quick FYI: For anyone wondering, there will be no trial proceedings today in ESW v. Roku, due to an illness…
April 6, 2021
New ESW-Roku Dial-In Info
The Court has updated the dial-in credentials to observe the ESW v. Roku trial, as follows: +1 669 254 5252 or…
April 5, 2021
Link Roundup!
Judge Albright is currently delivering preliminary instructions to the jury in ESW-Roku; you can dial-in to listen to proceedings as…
April 5, 2021
New Default Protective Order
Yesterday the Court posted a new Default Protective Order - Patent Cases. Beyond the direct link in our post, you…
April 1, 2021
ESW v. Roku Trial Monday + Telephonic Voir Dire Today
UPDATED 11:40AM 4/5/21 For those unaware, Judge Albright has another patent trial on his Court’s docket next week. The case…
April 5, 2021
A Signal by the Court – Intra-district transfer motions
Yesterday afternoon, the Court entered a text order denying Defendants Dell Technologies Inc., Dell Inc., and EMC Corporation’s Motion for…
March 31, 2021
Link Roundup!
The Waco Division continues to be a topic of much attention in legal media: As we noted previously, the Federal…
March 26, 2021
Judge Albright’s Newest Standing Order – Action Required!
Today the Court released a new standing order entitled “Standing Order Regarding Motion For Interdistrict Transfer.” The Order states that…
March 27, 2021
Texas IP Trial Tracker + Next Up in Waco
As regular followers of Texas IP litigations are aware, it's been a busy March: Judge Albright's second-ever patent trial recently…
March 23, 2021
Link Roundup!
As far as this blog is concerned, the most significant media coverage of the Waco Division this week was Scott…
March 19, 2021
Smörgåsbord & Link Roundup
We didn’t have time to get to it on Friday, so instead we’ll begin this week with a link roundup,…
March 15, 2021
A New Spin on 1404 – Ikorongo v. LG Electronics
Recently Judge Albright issued an order denying LG Electronics’ Motion to Transfer to the Northern District of California (“NDCA”) in…
March 9, 2021
VLSI-Intel Link Roundup!
We’ll close our formal VLSI-Intel wall-to-wall coverage with what we hope is a comprehensive collection of stories about VLSI v.…
March 9, 2021
VLSI v. Intel: A Look Back
We’re generally leery of too-definitive “What does it all mean?”-type analysis. But we also assume that most of the (presumably…
March 9, 2021
VLSI v. Intel – The Verdict is in!
Early yesterday afternoon the Waco jury of three women and four men returned a verdict in favor of VLSI to…
March 3, 2021
VLSI v. Intel – Day 6 and Closing Arguments
Yesterday marked the last day of the week-long trial that has pitted some of the best patent litigators in the…
March 2, 2021
VLSI-Intel: What’s Left?
Here's a quick update for those of you wondering what's left in the VLSI v. Intel trial. We'll have some more substantive…
March 1, 2021
OGP v3.3 & New Sealing + Redaction Order
Waco Division business keeps churning on, even while there’s a trial underway. So we wanted to bring you a couple…
February 26, 2021
Trial Day 3 – Witnesses and Trial Observations
The long-awaited trial continues, and today included the last two live VLSI witnesses. The first was VLSI’s expert witness Dr.…
February 25, 2021
VLSI-Intel: Day 2 & Docket Updates
The VLSI-Intel trial is underway (see Mark’s Day 1 writeup), and today’s action was devoted to about 70 minutes of…
February 23, 2021
VLSI-Intel Mini-Link Roundup
Things move fast during trial, so we’ll bring you some mini-link roundups during the week specific to VLSI v. Intel,…
February 23, 2021
VLSI LLC v. Intel Corporation – Day 1
The long saga that is VLSI v. Intel (which we have covered extensively here, here, here, and here) finally began…
February 22, 2021
New VLSI-Intel dial-in information
The Court has adopted new dial-in credentials to observe voir dire and trial proceedings, as follows: Dial-in: 669-254-5252 Meeting ID:…
February 22, 2021
Link Roundup!
UPDATED FEB. 20 & MAR. 2 Hope all our readers in Texas have held up OK during the deep freeze;…
March 3, 2021
VLSI v. Intel Adjourned to Feb. 22
Last week’s winter weather has continued to hit Texas (an uncharacteristic 4+" of snow in Austin last night, and more…
February 15, 2021
VLSI v. Intel Updates & Link Roundup
UPDATED 7PM CST. First, a few short updates regarding VLSI v. Intel: Although unusual, Central Texas sees occasional wintry weather—and…
February 12, 2021
Link Roundup!
So...the Link Update took an unscheduled January vacation—but now we’re back, proverbially tanned, rested, and ready. And at least for…
February 8, 2021
Netlist, Inc v. SK hynix Inc – What Happened After the Federal Circuit’s Mandamus?
Yesterday Judge Albright issued a 17-page order denying Defendant SK hynix’s motion to transfer venue to the Central District of…
February 3, 2021
The Federal Circuit’s Newest Mandamus Ruling in In re: SK hynix Highlights (Again) the Need for “Top Priority” in Resolving Transfer Motions
Earlier today the Federal Circuit granted a petition for mandamus in In re: SK hynix, the fourth in a recent…
February 1, 2021
What’s Next for VLSI-Intel!
Based on yet another Federal Circuit mandamus order issued earlier today, we now know the answer to the question we…
January 21, 2021
Waco’s Facelift – Courtroom Technology Upgrades
Last Friday Judge Albright invited several lawyers practicing in his court – including us – for a tour and walk-through…
January 21, 2021
What’s Next for VLSI v. Intel? (Chapter 2)
There’s now some more clarity on next steps in the VLSI v. Intel case. Intel and VLSI filed their opposition…
December 30, 2020
Link Roundup!
Apparently all the legal community wants for Christmas is...more articles regarding Judge Albright? There’s been a mini-blitz of coverage since…
December 23, 2020
What’s Next for VLSI v. Intel?
Where does Judge Albright go from here, following today’s Federal Circuit mandamus ruling in In re: Intel Corp.? (Mark covered…
December 23, 2020
The Federal Circuit Strikes Again – In re: Intel Corporation
Today, the Federal Circuit granted Intel Corporation’s writ of mandamus which vacated Judge Albright’s November 20, 2020 order re-transferring Intel’s…
December 24, 2020
The Importance of Contentions?
It’s a busy holiday week, so we’ll give you a quick tip: Last week, Judge Albright held a hearing on…
December 22, 2020
Link Roundup!
The last couple weeks have continued to generate coverage of Judge Albright and the Waco Division. Here are the highlights:…
December 18, 2020
Waco Division Miscellaneous Updates
For this week's post, I wanted to cover a few noteworthy updates coming from Judge Albright’s Court. Jury Trial Will…
December 11, 2020
Link Roundup!
Legal media generated a good handful of interesting Waco-related stories pertaining to the VLSI-Intel case over the past couple weeks:…
December 4, 2020
Claim Preclusion and Section 101 – Insights Into Judge Albright’s Approach
During May, when most of the country was reeling from the spread of COVID-19, Judge Albright issued a very thorough…
December 2, 2020
Judge Albright Conditionally Transfers an Austin Case Back to Waco
Last Friday Judge Albright issued an order effectively “reverse”-transferring VLSI Technology LLC v. Intel Corporation’s trial from Austin to Waco,…
November 23, 2020
Link Roundup!
Mark spoke with Perry Cooper of Bloomberg Law about today’s updates to Judge Albright’s standing orders relating to transfer/venue discovery:…
November 20, 2020
Judge Albright’s Patent FAQ
While some litigators practicing in the WDTX are probably aware of Judge Albright’s “Patent FAQ,” for those of you who…
November 20, 2020
Revised Venue and Jurisdictional Discovery Limits
Yesterday evening Judge Albright released a new Standing Order Regarding Venue and Jurisdictional Discovery Limits for Patent Cases. This Order…
November 20, 2020
What Comes Next in Waco When the Federal Circuit Orders Venue Transfer?
Welcome to continuing coverage of the Federal Circuit’s In re: Apple mandamus order. In this post we’ll focus on the…
November 18, 2020
Link Roundup!
For this week’s link roundup, we’ll first share a couple other perspectives on Judge Albright’s most recent updates to his…
November 13, 2020
Federal Circuit Mandamus Opinion in In re: Apple: Majority Opinion
Yesterday the Federal Circuit issued an order granting a mandamus petition filed by Apple regarding a patent case proceeding in…
November 10, 2020
In re Apple – Judge Moore’s Dissent
On November 9, 2020, the Federal Circuit issued an order granting Apple’s mandamus petition to transfer its case against Uniloc…
November 10, 2020
The Latest and Greatest – Judge Albright’s OGP 3.2
As part of Judge Albright’s continuous attempts to make litigating in the Waco Division optimally efficient, Judge Albright recently released…
November 6, 2020
Link Roundup!
There’s not one all-encompassing event dominating WDTX coverage this week—though watch next week for another set of anticipated updates to…
October 30, 2020
The Waco Division Hosts a Patent Party
UPDATED MAR. 4, 2021 We’re jumping back in time a few weeks to cover an event that occurred during the…
March 4, 2021
Link Roundup!
We’ll eventually wean ourselves off of continuing coverage of the MV3-Roku trial, but until then we want to make sure…
October 23, 2020
West vs. East – How Similar Are the Eastern and Western Districts of Texas?
The Eastern District of Texas started the “rocket docket” for patent litigation (generally considered to have begun with Judge Ward’s…
October 21, 2020
Link Roundup!
Judge Albright’s MV3-Roku trial (which we covered extensively this week and last) was the talk of much of the legal…
October 16, 2020
The Final Countdown – MV3 v. Roku
Today was the last day in the MV3 v. Roku showdown, Judge Albright’s first patent trial since he took the…
October 14, 2020
MV3 v. Roku Trial: The Penultimate Day
As this post’s title gives away, today was not, after all, the final day of the MV3-Roku trial, but tomorrow…
October 13, 2020
MV3 v. Roku Update: Bits and Pieces
The first week of the MV3-Roku trial is at an end. As mentioned in our last post, it’s been a…
October 10, 2020
MV3 v. Roku Update: Pandemic Trial Technology Is Complicated
For the most part, this week’s proceedings in MV3 v. Roku have felt much like any other patent trial. Attorneys…
October 9, 2020
MV3 v. Roku Trial Day 1: Pretrial Proceedings and Openings
The long-awaited trial date in MV3 Partners LLC v. Roku, Inc. is here at last! Our intention this week on…
October 5, 2020
Link Roundup!
It’s been quiet on the blog this week, but along with much of the rest of the patent bar, we’re…
October 3, 2020
Link Roundup!
Most of the big news out of Waco this week was Judge Albright’s updated procedures (which we covered here and…
September 25, 2020
Trial During COVID – A Look Inside Judge Albright’s Trial Procedures
On September 23, 2020, the parties in MV3 v. Roku had their final pretrial conference with Judge Albright before the…
September 25, 2020
Judge Albright Speaking Engagement Today
For anyone interested in hearing directly from the Court, Judge Albright will be participating at 1PM Central today in a…
September 24, 2020
Updates to Judge Albright’s Order Governing Proceedings
Today, September 22, the Court issued a new version 3.1 of its Order Governing Proceedings—i.e., the default procedural reference point…
September 22, 2020
Judge Albright’s Newest Standing Order Re: Notice of Readiness
Today, September 22, Judge Albright recently posted a new standing order regarding “Notice of Readiness for Scheduling Conference in Patent…
September 22, 2020
The First Cut Is the Deepest (but Not Really): Pre-Markman Discovery in Waco Division Patent Cases
The default rule in patent cases pending before the Waco Division is that fact discovery is stayed until the Markman…
November 20, 2020
Link Roundup!
We’re going to try to make a weekly thing out of sharing interesting content we see around relevant corners of…
September 18, 2020
A Q & A with Judge Alan Albright – Part 2
Below is the continuation of my interview with Judge Albright, in which we discuss his philosophy on certain motions, and…
September 18, 2020
Howdy and Welcome to the Western District of Texas Patent Blog
Welcome to the Western District of Texas Patent Blog, a blog by Mark Siegmund and Joe Abraham. You can learn…
September 11, 2020
A Q&A with Judge Alan D Albright — Part 1
Since Judge Alan D Albright (yes, there is not a period after the “D” in Judge Albright’s name) was appointed…
September 11, 2020