Monthly Archives: November 2015

Judge Lynn Grants Motion For Leave To Amend Infringement Contentions

Judge Lynn issued an Order (available here) in RXPress Pharmacy v. Afgin Pharma allowing the amendment of infringement contentions. The Court set forth the applicable standard as follows: Infringement contentions may be amended upon a showing of good cause. Am. … Continue reading

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Judge McBryde Finds That An Amended Complaint Filed While Motion to Dismiss Is Pending Moots Motion to Dismiss

Judge McBryde made clear, in an November 10, 2015 Order (available here), that when a motion to dismiss is pending and the plaintiff amends its complaint, the motion to dismiss becomes moot: “So that there will be no confusion, i.e., … Continue reading

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Judge Lynn Denies Defendants’ Motion for Leave to Join Acacia To Case As Defendant

On October 10, 2015, Judge Lynn issued an Order (available here) in In re Industrial Print Technologies, LLC Patent Litigation denying defendants’ motion for leave to amend their pleadings to add Acacia Research Group as a counter-defendant. Defendants argued that … Continue reading

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Judge Kinkeade Invalidates Two Global Tel*Link Patents Under Alice

On November 2, 2015, Judge Kinkeade issued an Order (available here) invalidating two of Global Tel*Link’s patents under the Supreme Court’s recent Alice decision on a motion for judgment on the pleadings filed by Securus. Judge Kinkeade found that both … Continue reading

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Judge Lynn Transfers Case To District of Minnesota

On November 3, 2015, Judge Lynn entered an Order (available here) in Raz Imports v. Luminara Worldwide transferring the case to the District of Minnesota. The plaintiffs had filed a declaratory judgment lawsuit against the defendant one day after receiving the … Continue reading

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