Franchise Agreement Findings/Conclusions & Award of Fees and Expenses
Following a bench trial, Judge Gilmore issued findings & conclusions and awarded fees and expenses in a case involving the termination of a franchise agreement.
Month: September 2020
Specific Personal Jurisdiction in IP Cases
This case sets out the standards for specific personal jurisdiction and venue in a non-patent IP case.
Amending Invalidity Contentions
Same fracking case. Is there sufficient diligence for a finding of good cause to amend?
Galveston Fracking Markman
Sounds like someone’s frustrated, doesn’t it?
Severance and Partial Stay Pending IPR
I posted recently about a motion to stay pre-institution. This order shows what can happen after institution.
Is a Supersedeas Bond Always Necessary?
Judge Gilstrap recently addressed this issue.
Substituted Service, 214-style (email to the lawyers)
Judge Godbey literally checked the boxes in this order.
Claim construction opinion
This order builds on a construction of the same patent in a prior case.
Motion to Exclude Damages Expert
Ever prepared a geological map and had it plagiarized? William Smith did. And the plaintiff here claimed the same thing.
New Waco Patent Case Procedures part 3
This last of the three posts on Judge Albright’s new procedures covers the changes in OGP 3.1, which deal primarily with claim construction.