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Monthly Archives: June 2011
President Obama Nominates Sarah Saldana to Become the Next United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas
It was announced yesterday that President Obama has nominated Sara Saldana to become the next United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas. Ms. Saldana presently heads the public corruption unit of the United States Attorney’s Office of the … Continue reading
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Judge O’Connor Issues Important Patent Opinion in Lighting Ballast Control
On June 10, 2011, Judge O’Connor issued an opinion in Lighting Ballast Control v. Philips Electronics North America Corp. et al. (copy of opinion located here). Judge O’Connor struck the plaintiff’s damages expert’s opinion that used the entire market value … Continue reading
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Judge Solis Upholds the Constitutionality of the False Marking Statute
On June 20, 2011, Judge Solis of the Northern District of Texas, in United States ex rel. Vandever v. Intermatic Manufacturing, upheld the constitutionality of the false marking statute, 35 U.S.C. § 292, which prohibits, among other things, the false … Continue reading
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Northern District of Texas Adds New Attorney Status Report Feature
The Northern District of Texas recently added a new feature to its website: Attorney Status Report. The feature allows one to search to determine whether a particular attorney is admitted to the Northern District of Texas, and shows the attorney’s … Continue reading
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Glycobiosciences Sues MPM Medical in the Northern District of Texas for Patent Infringement
On June 23, 2011, Glycobiosciences filed a patent infringement lawsuit against MPM Medical, Inc. in the Northern District of Texas. Glycobiosciences claims that MPM Medical infringes, among others, United States Patent Nos. 5,897,880 and 6,723,345, both of which related to … Continue reading
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Northern District of Texas Selected for Patent Pilot Program
The Northern District of Texas was selected as one of fourteen federal district courts for a 10-year patent pilot program. The United States Court’s press release describes the program as functioning in part as follows: In the pilot program, patent … Continue reading
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Supreme Court Upholds Clear and Convincing Burden of Proof For Challenging a Patent’s Validity
In a major patent decision that issued today, the Supreme Court upheld, by an 8-0 vote, the Federal Circuit’s long-standing rule that 35 U.S.C. § 282 requires an invalidity defense to be proved by clear and convincing evidence. A copy … Continue reading
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Make That Five Recent Patent Infringement Cases Filed in the Northern District of Texas
Hydro-Québec, on June 6, 2011, filed suit against А123 Systems, Inc. and Valence Technology, Inc., in the Northern District of Texas. Hydro-Québec, a Canadian “crown” corporation based out of Montreal, Quebec, accuses defendants of infringing U.S. Patent No. 7,955,733, which … Continue reading
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Four New Patent Cases Filed in the Northern District of Texas
In the wake of the Fifth Circuit’s en banc decision in In re Volkswagen of Am., Inc., 545 F.3d 304 (5th Cir. 2008), and the Federal Circuit’s decision in In re TS Tech USA Corp., 551 F.3d 1315 (Fed. Cir. … Continue reading
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