Category Archives: Judge Godbey (Chief Judge)

Judge Godbey Grants Motion To Stay Pending Inter Partes Review

Posted on June 13, 2014 by Steven Callahan

On May 27, 2014, Judge Godbey granted defendant’s motion to stay pending inter partes review of the patent-in-suit in Employment Law Compliance v. Compli (decision available here). The patent-in-suit had previously been the subject of a petition for ex parte reexamination, … Continue reading →

Posted in Judge Godbey (Chief Judge) | Comments Off on Judge Godbey Grants Motion To Stay Pending Inter Partes Review

Judge Godbey Grants Transfer Motion in Patent Infringement Lawsuit

Posted on April 28, 2014 by Steven Callahan

On April 8, 2014, Judge Godbey issued an Order (available here) in American Leather v. Ultra-Mek that resolved the defendant’s motion to transfer venue. Judge Godbey found that three of the four private interest factors weighed in favor of transfer … Continue reading →

Posted in Judge Godbey (Chief Judge) | Comments Off on Judge Godbey Grants Transfer Motion in Patent Infringement Lawsuit

Judge Godbey Issues Claim Construction Order In Shire v. Neos Therapeutics

Posted on April 14, 2014 by Steven Callahan

On March 20, 2014, Judge Godbey issued an Order (available here) construing various terms of the patent in suit in Shire v. Neos Therapeutics. Of particular note is Judge Godbey’s decision not to limit the scope of the patent in … Continue reading →

Posted in Judge Godbey (Chief Judge) | Comments Off on Judge Godbey Issues Claim Construction Order In Shire v. Neos Therapeutics

Judge Godbey Disqualifies Attorneys and Firm Representing Micrografx in Samsung Case

Posted on March 11, 2014 by Steven Callahan

On March 7, 2014, Judge Godbey issued an order (available here), in Micrografx v. Samsung. Samsung had moved to disqualify several of plaintiff’s attorneys and the attorneys’ law firm due to their past representation of Samsung. The disqualified attorneys had … Continue reading →

Posted in Judge Godbey (Chief Judge) | Comments Off on Judge Godbey Disqualifies Attorneys and Firm Representing Micrografx in Samsung Case

Judge Godbey Resolves Summary Judgment Motions in MobileMedia v. Blackberry

Posted on December 15, 2013 by Steven Callahan

On November 15, 2013, Judge Godbey issued an Order (available here) resolving various motions for summary judgment in MobileMedia v. Blackbery. Judge Godbey granted summary judgment of non-infringement with respect to three patents-in-suit. MobileMedia also moved for summary on various … Continue reading →

Posted in Judge Godbey (Chief Judge), Practice Tips | Comments Off on Judge Godbey Resolves Summary Judgment Motions in MobileMedia v. Blackberry

Judge Godbey Issues Order On Motions to Dismiss and Transfer Venue In OnAsset Patent Infringement Case

Posted on September 3, 2013 by Steven Callahan

On August 21, 2013, Judge Godbey issued an Order (available here) resolving several motions filed in the OnAsset v. 7PSolutions case. Judge Godbey held that the Court had personal jurisdiction over 7PSolutions, and venue was proper in the Northern District … Continue reading →

Posted in Judge Godbey (Chief Judge) | Comments Off on Judge Godbey Issues Order On Motions to Dismiss and Transfer Venue In OnAsset Patent Infringement Case

Judge Godbey Denies Plaintiff’s Motion To Sever Patents From Case

Posted on September 3, 2013 by Steven Callahan

On August 16, 2013, Judge Godbey issued an Order (available here) that ruled on Plaintiff MobileMedia’s motion to sever or stay. MobileMedia had sought to stay or sever claims regarding some of the eight patents-in-suit, but Judge Godbey rejected this … Continue reading →

Posted in Judge Godbey (Chief Judge) | Comments Off on Judge Godbey Denies Plaintiff’s Motion To Sever Patents From Case

Federal Civil Practice Seminar To Be Held On January 29, 2013

Posted on December 26, 2012 by Steven Callahan

The 27th Annual Federal Civil Practice Seminar, “Northern District Practice Points Every Lawyer Should Know,” will be held at 11:30 a.m. at the Belo Mansion on Tuesday, January 29, 2013. The event is hosted by the Federal Bar Association, Dallas … Continue reading →

Posted in Judge Boyle, Judge Godbey (Chief Judge), Judge Lynn, Magistrate Judge Cureton, Magistrate Judge Horan, N.D. Tex. News | Comments Off on Federal Civil Practice Seminar To Be Held On January 29, 2013

Patent Multidistrict Litigation CLE to be Held at SMU on November 28, 2012

Posted on October 7, 2012 by Steven Callahan

TexasBarCLE and SMU are co-sponsoring a half day CLE titled Patent Multidistrict Litigation in the Wake of the America Invents Act. The CLE’s brochure is available here. Judge Davis and Judge Gilstrap, from the Eastern District of Texas, will speak, as will … Continue reading →

Posted in Judge Furgeson (Ret.), Judge Godbey (Chief Judge), Judge Lynn, N.D. Tex. News | Comments Off on Patent Multidistrict Litigation CLE to be Held at SMU on November 28, 2012

Fifth Circuit Upholds Judge Godbey’s Sanctions Order Against Mick Haig’s Attorney

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Steven Callahan

We previously discussed Judge Godbey’s $10,000 sanctions order against Mick Haig’s attorney for violating Judge Godbey’s order precluding the service of subpoenas on ISPs designed to obtain the identities of alleged copyright infringers (of copyrighted porn). Mick Haig’s attorney subsequently … Continue reading →

Posted in Judge Godbey (Chief Judge) | Comments Off on Fifth Circuit Upholds Judge Godbey’s Sanctions Order Against Mick Haig’s Attorney