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Judge Solis Denies Motion To Dismiss Due To Alleged Lack of Patentable Subject Matter In StoneEagle Case
On August 14, 2013, Judge Solis issued an opinion (available here) in StoneEagle Services v. Store Value Payments. Defendants had filed a motion to dismiss (among other things) plaintiff’s claims for patent infringement. Defendants argued that the patent-in-suit did not claim … Continue reading
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Chief Judge Fitzwater Signs Letter to VP Biden on Devastating Effects of Sequestration
On August 13, 2013, 87 federal district court Chief Judges, including Chief Judge Fitzwater, wrote to Vice President Biden expressing grave concern about the impact that flat funding of the last several years, followed by sequestration, is having on the … Continue reading
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Judge Lynn Issues Good Technology Claim Construction Opinion
Judge Lynn, on August 11, 2013, issued her claim construction opinion in Good Technology v. Little Red Wagon Technologies (available here). In the 36 page opinion, Judge Lynn construed disputed terms in the five patents-in-suit.
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Judge Lynn Strikes Negative Affirmative Defenses
On August 7, 2013, Judge Lynn issued an Order (available here) in Insuremax v. Shanze Enterprises. The Order contains a good discussion of supplemental jurisdiction, and is worth a read in its entirety. One notable aspect is that Judge Lynn … Continue reading
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Silver Screen Files Patent Infringement Cases In Northern District Of Texas
On August 6, 2013, Silver Screen Tele-Reality filed two patent infringement cases in the Northern District of Texas (complaints available here and here). Silver Screen claims that Gabriels Technology and SundaySky, Inc. infringe United States Patent No. 8,353,406, entitled System, Method, … Continue reading
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Securus Technologies Hits Global Tel*Link Corp. With Patent Infringement Lawsuit
On August 2, 2013, Securus filed its lawsuit (complaint available here) in the Northern District of Texas. Securus claims that Global Tel*Link infringes U.S. Patent No. 7,899,167, entitled “Centralized call processing,” and U.S. Patent No. 7,860,222, entitled “Systems and methods for … Continue reading
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Eight One Two Files Suit Against Purdue Pharma In Northern District of Texas
On July 31, 2013, Eight One Two filed a patent infringement lawsuit (complaint available here) against Purdue Pharma. Eight One Two claims Purdue infringes U.S. Patent Nos. 6,697,812, titled “Method and System for Eliminating Error when Packing or Packaging Sets of … Continue reading
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BWP Media Sues SoftLayer Technologies for Copyright Infringement
On July 30, 2013, BWP Media filed a copyright infringement lawsuit (complaint available here) against SoftLayer Technologies in the Northern District of Texas. BWP provides entertainment-related photojournalism goods and services, and owns the rights “to a multitude of photographs featuring celebrities.” … Continue reading
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Provident Precious Metals Seeks Declaratory Judgment Against Northwest Territorial Mint
On July 29, 2013, Provident Precious Metals filed a declaratory judgment lawsuit (complaint available here) against Northwest Territorial Mint in the Northern District of Texas. Provident “seeks declaratory judgment of non-infringement of alleged copyright(s), trademarks and trade dress rights asserted against … Continue reading
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Scentsible, LLC Seeks TRO Against Great Innovations
On July 28, 2013, Scentsible, LLC d/b/a Poo~Pourri filed an application for temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction against Great Innovations, Inc. (pleading available here). Scentsible claims that Great Innovations has violated the Lanham Act and committed unfair competition by … Continue reading
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