Applying CAFC Venue Rulings

A recent venue ruling from Waco applied numerous recent Federal Circuit opinion to the analysis.
A recent venue ruling from Waco applied numerous recent Federal Circuit opinion to the analysis.
The standards for an extension to respond to motion for summary judgment under FRCP 56(d) don’t get discussed much. But they do here.
This motion to dismiss raised issues regarding claim splitting and improper venue which were novel, and issues regarding indirect and willful infringement which were not.
The issue of the production of documents in prior related litigation was one of several issues taken up by Judge Gilliland in this order.
The court granted the motion, with leave for the defendant to amend its answer “again.”
The issue in this SDTX case was whether the court would dismiss the IC and induced infringement claims as not plausible.