Motion to Dismiss on Marking Pleadings
Not another one. I hate this subject. At least it’s just pleading standards, though.
Marking
Summary Judgment On Marking Defense?
Motion practice on marking issues has always been a nightmare of double negatives for me. This order is a good example.
Pretrial Rulings in Marshall
This order arising from a recent pretrial conference provides an example of the type of rulings that parties receive on the eve of trial from Judge Gilstrap.
Summary Judgment Rulings on Marking, Willful Infringement and Priority Date
Rulings on three topics in this case on the eve of trial – one with dueling motions.
Cross-Motions For Summary Judgment On Patent Marking Statute
The bad news is that both motions were denied. Of course that’s also the good news.
Discovery Into Patent Marking
Had the defendant had met the initial burden established in Arctic Cat, so that it was the plaintiff’s turn to prove compliance with the marking requirement?
Marking
There’s no tool in my woodshop that I think is as cool as my marking gauge. As a result, every time I see a dispute under § 287, I have a completely different mental image from what you’d expect. Like on this MSJ on damages on unmarked products.
Pre-suit damages, reply briefs and “bucketing”
Defendants sought summary judgment on pre-suit damages, and got an analysis regarding “bucketing” and some comments on the advisability of changing quotes.
Motion to Limit Pre-Suit Damages For Failure to Mark
Defendants in patent cases sometimes allege that a plaintiff has failed to comply with the marking requirement of 35 U.S.C. § 287, and thus that pre-suit damages are limited. As here, that motion often takes the form of a motion for partial summary judgment. The Court’s order in this case provides a useful exposition on the applicable standards for patent marking, and applies those standards to the facts of this rather interesting case to determine whether the pleadings were sufficient for the plaintiff to seek presuit damages in the first place, and if so, whether the defendant met its burden to allege a limitation, and if so (also) whether the plaintiff had satisfied its burden of compliance.
Wait – I went into the ditch here. On a motion for summary judgment, the final question is not whether the plaintiff had shown compliance, but actually just whether there is a factual dispute as to whether unmarked patented products were sold. There, I feel better.
No partial summary judgment on damages
It’s one of those transition days at the office as my last two October trials either settled or were continued within 24 hours of each other yesterday after a whirlwind last couple of weeks full of activity getting both ready for their respective pretrial conferences. You know the kind of day I’m talking about – closing files, stacking up the documents to be shredded, trying to clean up the mess my to do list has become, and having the usual existential debate – am I happy or sad that I’m not as busy as I was two days ago.Hmm. In terms of specifics, this morning it means I’m in the office early enough to tack on another post before the daily weblog email deadline of 8 am, and I thought this order seeking partial summary judgment on the issue of damages, which deals with marking issues.