Category Archives: Non-N.D. Tex. Notable Decisions

Texas Instruments Convinces Delaware Court To Transfer Patent Infringement Case To Northern District of Texas

Posted on February 3, 2013 by Steven Callahan

On January 8, 2013, Texas Instruments succeeded in having a patent infringement lawsuit brought against it by plaintiff Semcon in the District of Delaware transferred to the Northern District of Texas. (Decision available here.) The court granted TI’s motion to … Continue reading →

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Chief Judge Davis Issues Groundbreaking Patent Infringement Post-AIA Opinion Dealing with Joinder, Severance, and Transfer Issues

Posted on August 11, 2012 by Steven Callahan

On August 10, 2012, Chief Judge Davis of the Eastern District of Texas, as first reported by Michael Smith, issued a groundbreaking opinion in the patent case Norman IP Holdings v. Lexmark International (available here) that should be read by … Continue reading →

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Patent Infringement Litigation: Can You Keep A Case In The Eastern District of Texas?

Posted on July 8, 2012 by Steven Callahan

In the old days, once you rounded up patent infringers, you could (in nearly all cases) file a lawsuit in the Eastern District of Texas without much fear that it would be transferred out of the District.  After all, cases … Continue reading →

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Supreme Court Upholds Clear and Convincing Burden of Proof For Challenging a Patent’s Validity

Posted on June 9, 2011 by Steven Callahan

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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You Lose Some, You Win Some

Posted on September 29, 2010 by Steven Callahan

Last week, we noted that the Fifth Circuit held that the SEC’s Complaint adequately stated a claim against Mark Cuban for insider trading.  In that case, the SEC filed suit against Cuban in the Northern District of Texas, accusing him … Continue reading →

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Court Sentences Spoliator of Evidence to Two Years in Prison

Posted on September 27, 2010 by Steven Callahan

Occasionally, we discuss non-Northern District of Texas cases of importance to litigators in federal court.  The court’s recent decision (pdf copy here) in Victor Stanley v. Creative Pipe (D. Md.) is one that all litigators should be familiar with.  The … Continue reading →

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