Time for the next patent trial before Judge Albright. As of this writing the first witness has just taken the stand in WSOU Investments LLC d/b/a Brazos Licensing & Development v. Dell Technologies Inc., Case Nos. 6:20-cv-00480, -481 & -486. Trial is scheduled for 12 10 [adjusted downward as of this afternoon] hours per side. […]
After a slight delay caused by another round of Central Texas ice storms last week, trial before Judge Albright in Case No. 6:20-cv-00108-ADA, ParkerVision, Inc. v. Intel Corp. is scheduled to begin today. Our understanding is that jury selection is presently proceeding before Judge Manske, with openings presumed to follow. The docket order resetting jury […]
Presumably this news has already reached most interested readers, but to put a bow on the blog’s trial coverage, the jury’s verdict in VLSI-Intel III broke the existing 1-1 tie in favor of plaintiff VLSI. Yesterday afternoon the jury came back with an infringement verdict on VLSI’s single asserted patent, with a corresponding damages award […]
OK, take two! As readers may recall, the third episode in the VLSI-Intel saga started to go to trial back in April, but was adjourned after just one day of proceedings following a COVID diagnosis on one of the trial teams. But now we’re back. Trial in Case No. 1:19-cv-00977-ADA will begin again, from scratch, this coming […]
It’s been a busy couple weeks for those following patent trials in the Western District of Texas! First, on Wednesday came the jury’s verdict in Austin, in Voxer, Inc. v. Meta Platforms, Inc. This was the first patent trial before Judge Yeakel in the post-COVID timeframe during which we’ve been compiling our Texas IP Trial […]
On September 16, 2022, the Court updated its Standing Order Governing Proceedings (OGP) 4.2 — Patent Cases. Here are the highlights: New Contact Information The Court updated its email addresses for the Court’s law clerks: Email address for both Judge Albright’s and Judge Gilliland’s law clerks: TXWDml_LawClerks_WA_JudgeAlbright&Gilliland@txwd.uscourts.gov Email address for only Judge Albright’s law clerks: […]
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. Openings recently concluded, and the first witness will be taking the stand momentarily. (Judge Gilliland conducted voir dire on Thursday.) Each party is working with a time limit of 10 hours (plus an hour for […]
The Labor Day weekend seemed a good opportunity to catch up on the first six weeks in the “new world” of patent cases in the Western District of Texas, in the wake of Judge Garcia’s July 25 Order Assigning the Business of the Court as it Relates to Patent Cases. Obviously it’s still early days, […]
Friday afternoon 8/28 the jury in NCS Multistage v. TCO returned its verdict. For the second time (after January’s infringement verdict), NCS prevailed, with the jury finding that TCO had both induced infringement of and contributorily infringed the asserted ’445 patent with respect to all accused products. The jury also found that the ’445 patent […]
Another week, another trial in front of Judge Albright. The parties are opening as we speak in NCS Multistage Inc. v. TCO AS, Case No. 6:20-cv-00622-ADA. Readers may recall that plaintiff NCS has already tried one case in front of Judge Albright: In January of this year NCS obtained a jury verdict of approximately $486K […]