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Online News Link Files Four Patent Infringement Lawsuits In Northern District of Texas

Posted on August 11, 2013 by Steven Callahan

On August 2, 2013, Online News Link filed four patent infringement lawsuits (available here, here, here, and here) against the following defendants: Acxiom Corp., Epsilon Data Management, ExactTarget, GSI Commerce n/k/a Ebay Enterprise, and E-Dialog. Online News Link claims that defendants infringe U.S. … Continue reading →

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Sotheby’s Hits Briggs Freeman With Lawsuit and Application for Preliminary Injunction

Posted on August 11, 2013 by Steven Callahan

On August 1, 2013, Sotheby’s filed a lawsuit in the Northern District of Texas against Briggs Freeman (complaint available here). Sotheby’s claims that Briggs Freeman (and certain of its affiliated real estate agents) have committed trademark infringement in violation of … Continue reading →

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Fifth Circuit Finds That Court Orders Authorized By Stored Communications Act To Compel Cell Phone Service Providers to Produce Their Subscribers’ Historical Cell Site Information Are Not Per Se Unconstitutional

Posted on August 11, 2013 by Steven Callahan

On July 30, 2013, the Fifth Circuit issued its decision in In re U.S. for Historical Cell Site Data (available here). The Fifth Circuit held that court orders authorized by the Stored Communications Act to compel cell phone service providers … Continue reading →

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Federal Circuit Pulls Model Orders From Its Website

Posted on August 7, 2013 by Steven Callahan

We’ve previously discussed two model orders from the Federal Circuit Advisory Council: one dealing with e-discovery and the other dealing with limiting claims/prior art references. The Federal Circuit recently pulled these model orders from its website, and has issued the … Continue reading →

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Obama Administration Vetoes ITC Decision to Ban Apple IPhones/IPads

Posted on August 7, 2013 by Steven Callahan

On August 3, 2013, the Obama Administration (in a letter available here from Ambassador Michael B. G. Froman) disapproved of the ITC’s exclusion order prohibiting the unlicensed importation of Apple devices that infringe certain Samsung patents. The letter “express[ed] substantial concerns … Continue reading →

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Star-Telegram Article on Sequestration

Posted on August 7, 2013 by Steven Callahan

On August 4, 2013, the Star-Telegram ran an article (available here) about how the sequestration is affecting North Texas attorneys, in particular federal public defenders: Sequestration, the automatic across-the-board federal budget cuts imposed by Congress that went into effect in … Continue reading →

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Judge Lynn’s Donald Hill Decision Upheld By Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Posted on August 4, 2013 by Steven Callahan

In 2009, Donald Hill, former Dallas city Council member, was convicted by a federal jury of bribery, extortion, honest services fraud, and conspiracy to launder money, in connection with his tenure as a Dallas City Council member and certain construction … Continue reading →

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Leak Surveys Hits Flir Systems With Patent Infringement Lawsuit

Posted on August 4, 2013 by Steven Callahan

On July 25, 2013, Leak Surveys filed a patent infringement lawsuit (complaint available  here) against Flir Systems in the Northern District of Texas. Leak Surveys claims Flir Systems infringes U.S. Patent No. 8,193,496, which claims methods for performing inspection and … Continue reading →

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Energy Clearinghouse Sues EnergyNet.com Seeking DJ of Copyright Non-Infringement

Posted on August 4, 2013 by Steven Callahan

On July 23, 2013, Energy Clearinghouse sued EnergyNet in the Northern District of Texas (complaint available here). Energy Clearinghouse seeks a declaratory judgment that it is not infringing any of EnergyNet’s copyrights in connection with a website used for online … Continue reading →

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Federal Circuit Issues Fresenius v. Baxter International Opinion

Posted on August 4, 2013 by Steven Callahan

On July 2, 2013, the Federal Circuit issued its decision (available here) in Fresenius v. Baxter International. The court held, over a vigorous dissent by Circuit Judge Newman, that if the PTO finds that the asserted claims of the patent … Continue reading →

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