Judge Albright’s busy 2022 trial calendar continues apace. Over the last two weeks the parties in EcoFactor, Inc. v. Google LLC tried their case, with the jury handing back its verdict on Thursday. The case would likely have concluded a couple days earlier, but Central Texas’s flash wintry mix occurrence wiped out Thursday and Friday of […]
The first Waco Division IP trial of 2022 wrapped up last Friday, following conclusion of the trial in NCS Multistage v. Nine Energy Service. This was the first oil-and-gas-related patent dispute to proceed to trial before Judge Albright. Given the holiday weekend, openings were on Tuesday morning; summations were delivered late morning on Friday; and […]
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 in VideoShare v. Google, in which opening statements will occur tomorrow morning. This is a one-patent case, with the usual array of defenses at issue. Per the pretrial order, Google has asserted inequitable conduct. Judge […]
Judge Albright’s Court is again hosting another patent trial starting today, relating to LED lighting technology. Plaintiffs are Jiaxing Super Lighting Electric Appliance Co. and Obert, Inc.; Defendants are CH Lighting Technology Co., Ltd., Shaoxing Ruising Lighting Co., and Elliott Electric Supply Inc. Voir dire was held Friday. As before, remote audio-only observation will be enabled: […]
And another Waco trial’s done! Profectus v. Google jury came back mid-morning yesterday. Counsel opened on Thursday afternoon, so that amounts to only 3.5 days of trial proper, which we believe makes this one of the two fastest patent trials before Judge Albright so far, along with CloudofChange v. NCR from back in May (which was, as […]
We know it’s been a long while since we’ve been heard from; it was one of those summers (and may also be one of those autumns). TBD when “real” content returns, but we wanted to be sure to note that Judge Albright’s Court will be hosting a patent trial starting this week, this first since […]
Fresh off last week’s updates to Judge Albright’s Standing Orders (covered here and here); this week brings a further update, in the form of version 3.4 of the Court’s Order Governing Proceedings. It’s been only about four months since the Court rolled out OGP v3.3, and it’s fair to say this is just a series […]
Amended Standing Order for Notice of Readiness: Yesterday Judge Albright released an amended standing order concerning the Case Readiness Status Report (“CRSR”), which informs the Court that a case is ready for a Case Management Conference (“CMC”). Under the previous standing order, parties were required to wait forthe Court to issue a CMC date, which […]
Judge Albright’s Court will be hosting yet another patent trial this coming week. Here’s how observers can dial in to the audio feed in Freshub v. Amazon, which is scheduled to open this morning, June 14: +1 669 254 5252 or +1 646 828 7666 or +1 551 285 1373 or +1 669 216 1590 […]
Yesterday the Court updated two of its standing orders: Standing Order Regarding Venue and Jurisdictional Discovery Limits and Standing Order Regarding Motion for Inter-District Transfer. Here are the highlights: Amended Standing Order Regarding Motion for Inter-District Transfer The Court made a one sentence addition to this order: “Whenever a Markman hearing is postponed pursuant to […]