Yesterday afternoon, after deliberating for about two hours, the jury in Surefield v. Redfin came back with a verdict in favor of the defense on all fronts: i.e., Plaintiff Surefield’s four asserted patents were not infringed, and all four were invalid. Trial ultimately took about 6.5 court days, though some of that time was devoted to […]
No rest for the weary! Fresh off the mid-trial COVID-related adjournment in VLSI-Intel III, Judge Albright’s court now pivots to its next trial, Appliance Computing III Inc. (d/b/a Surefield) v. Redfin Corp. Voir dire will commence at 9AM this coming Monday morning, May 9, with openings scheduled for 1PM. The Court has allotted 14 hours […]
Well, that was fast. VLSI-Intel III has been adjourned as of this morning on account of multiple (we think) jurors testing positive for COVID-19. The Court’s resultant message to the parties was along the lines of, “Somewhere down the road we’ll pick another jury.” Judge Albright’s formally promulgated trial procedures have not, as far as we can […]
This post is courtesy of guest author Tim Dewberry. Yesterday Magistrate Judge Gilliland conducted a pre-voir dire conference for the parties in VLSI v. Intel III, slated to start next week in Austin. At the conference Judge Gilliland provided his expectations for the voir dire proceedings, which will occur this coming Monday morning before trial […]
Yes, y’all read that correctly; the parties in VLSI v. Intel are back for round three. Unlike chapters 1 and 2, this episode will be going forward in the Austin Division courthouse. (You’ll recall that the location of the first VLSI-Intel trial was the subject of prior mandamus practice.) Openings are scheduled for 1PM this coming […]
Today’s post is courtesy of guest author Tim Dewberry. Today in the case Densys Ltd. v. 3Shape Trios A/S, a jury in Waco returned a verdict finding infringement by defendant 3Shape Trios of U.S. Patent No. 6,402,707 (the “’707 Patent”), which is directed to a “[m]ethod and system for real time intra-orally acquiring and registering […]
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: […]