Skip to content
Michael C. Smith's Eastern District of Texas Blog
Login

Forget password? | Not a member? Sign up here.
Signup
  • Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • EDTEXWEBLOG
  • TEXIPLAWBLOG
    • EDTX IP
    • NDTX IP
    • SDTX IP
    • WDTX IP
      • WDTX – Austin
      • WDTX – Waco
  • Legal Topics
    • Alternative Service
    • Amending Patent Contentions
    • Arbitration
    • Arcane Pleading Issues
    • Attorney Fees
    • Claim Construction
    • Class Actions
    • Copyrights and Trademarks
    • Court Costs
    • COVID-19
    • Cybersecurity
    • Damages
    • Design Patents
    • Discovery
    • Disqualification
    • Employment Law
    • Enhanced Damages – 35 USC 284
    • Exceptional Case award – 35 USC 285
    • Experts
    • Extensions/Continuances
    • Fair Labor Standards Act
    • False Claims Act
    • Federal Circuit Opinions
    • Indefiniteness
    • Inequitable Conduct
    • Injunctive Relief
    • Intervention
    • IPR
    • JMOL rulings
    • Jury instructions
    • Marking
    • Motions to Dismiss
    • Mediation
    • Multidistrict Litigation (MDL)
    • Patent Litigation
    • Personal Jurisdiction
    • Protective Orders
    • Removal & Remand
    • Sanctions
    • Stays
    • Summary Judgment
    • Trade Secrets
    • Unpatentable – 35 USC 101
    • Venue
    • Verdicts
    • Willful infringement
  • EDTX Judges
    • Judge J. Rodney Gilstrap
    • Judge Marcia A. Crone
    • Judge Amos L. Mazzant III
    • Judge Robert W. Schroeder III
    • Judge Jeremy Kernodle
    • Judge J. Campbell Barker
    • Judge Sean D. Jordan
    • Judge Ron Clark
    • Judge Richard Schell
    • Judge Caroline Craven (USMJ)
    • Judge Keith F. Giblin (USMJ)
    • Judge Zack Hawthorn (USMJ)
    • Judge John D. Love (USMJ)
    • Judge K. Nicole Mitchell (USMJ)
    • Judge Roy S. Payne (USMJ)
    • Judge Kimberley Priest Johnson (USMJ)
    • Judge William Bryson (CAFC)
  • EDTX News
    • EDTX General Orders
  • EDTX Divisions
    • Beaumont
    • Lufkin
    • Marshall
    • Sherman
    • Texarkana
    • Tyler
  • Commentary
    • Book Reviews
    • EDTX Throwback Posts
    • Law Office Management
    • Papers/Seminar Presentations

Stays

Stay Pending Reexam Granted 6 Weeks Before Trial

March 2, 2021March 2, 2021 msmithEDTEXWEBLOG, EDTX IP, Judge J. Rodney Gilstrap, Marshall, Stays, TEXIPLAWBLOG

The Campbells are supper club friends, and are exactly as funny as their sign about the recent cold snap indicates.

Read more

Motion for Stay Pending Re-Examination Denied

January 28, 2021January 28, 2021 msmithEDTEXWEBLOG, EDTX IP, Judge J. Rodney Gilstrap, Marshall, Stays, TEXIPLAWBLOG

Noting that there would remain triable issues regardless of the reexam’s outcome, the court denied the motion.

Read more

Motion for Stay Granted After IPR Instituted

January 13, 2021January 13, 2021 msmithEDTEXWEBLOG, EDTX IP, Marshall, Stays, TEXIPLAWBLOG

Then there’s the renewed motion after IPR is instituted on all asserted claims.

Read more

Multiple Stay Requests Pending IPR Institution Denied

January 13, 2021January 13, 2021 msmithEDTEXWEBLOG, EDTX IP, Judge J. Rodney Gilstrap, Judge Sean D. Jordan, Marshall, Sherman, Stays, TEXIPLAWBLOG

Judges in Marshall and Plano both denied motions for stays pending IPR institution in the last week.

Read more

Stay Denied

January 8, 2021January 8, 2021 msmithEDTEXWEBLOG, EDTX IP, Judge J. Rodney Gilstrap, Marshall, Stays, TEXIPLAWBLOG

The issue and outcome are not unusual, but the court’s analysis provides some additional insight into the decision.

Read more

Disqualification and Stay Pending IPR

December 17, 2020December 17, 2020 msmithDisqualification, SDTX, Stays, TEXIPLAWBLOG

U.S. Custom House, Houston, Texas – Photo: Carol M. Highsmith

Two perennial issues of interest in this order.

Read more

Stay Pending IPR

December 15, 2020December 16, 2020 msmithStays, TEXIPLAWBLOG, WDTX, WDTX Cases

Read more

Stay/No Stay (Another One)

December 15, 2020December 15, 2020 msmithEDTEXWEBLOG, EDTX IP, Judge J. Rodney Gilstrap, Marshall, Stays, TEXIPLAWBLOG

That’s two stays denied in this case in less than two weeks. Hmm.

Read more

Stays

December 4, 2020December 4, 2020 msmithEDTEXWEBLOG, EDTX IP, Judge J. Rodney Gilstrap, Marshall, Stays, TEXIPLAWBLOG

How better to illustrate a couple of cases on stays than with Grayson James’ return home yesterday after a two week “stay” in quarantine in Waco – he steadfastly refused to come home until he was certain he wouldn’t kill his grandparents.

Read more

Renewed Motion For Stay Pending IPR

December 1, 2020December 1, 2020 msmithEDTEXWEBLOG, EDTX IP, Judge Robert W. Schroeder III, Stays, Texarkana, TEXIPLAWBLOG

You know how you can ask for both an appetizer and a salad?  It turns out you can actually do that with motions to stay as well. (I mean ask).

Read more

Posts navigation

Older posts

Welcome!

This weblog focuses on practice in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, as well as intellectual property litigation in all Texas federal courts, with special emphasis on patent litigation.

Author

Michael C. Smith Biography EDTexweblog.com is published by Michael C. Smith, the partner in charge of the Marshall office of Siebman, Forrest, Burg, & Smith, LLP, where he specializes in complex commercial and patent litigation in federal court. Michael has appeared in over 900 civil cases in the Eastern District of Texas, is a past chair of the district's local rules committee and bar association, and frequently assists clients with preparing and trying cases in the district's courts. He has edited O'Connor's Federal Rules * Civil Trials for the past 20 years, and writes and speaks frequently on civil procedure, litigation in federal courts, and law office management.
Read More

Subscribe & Follow

  • Follow on LinkedIn
  • Subscribe via RSS
  • E-Mail Me

Archives

  • March 2021
  • February 2021
  • January 2021
  • December 2020
  • November 2020
  • October 2020
  • September 2020
  • August 2020
  • July 2020
  • June 2020
  • May 2020
  • April 2020
  • March 2020
  • February 2020
  • January 2020
  • December 2019
  • November 2019
  • October 2019
  • September 2019
  • August 2019
  • July 2019
  • June 2019
  • May 2019
  • April 2019
  • March 2019
  • February 2019
  • January 2019
  • December 2018
  • November 2018
  • October 2018
  • September 2018
  • August 2018
  • July 2018
  • June 2018
  • May 2018
  • April 2018
  • March 2018
  • February 2018
  • January 2018
  • December 2017
  • November 2017
  • October 2017
  • September 2017
  • August 2017
  • July 2017
  • June 2017
  • May 2017
  • April 2017
  • March 2017
  • February 2017
  • January 2017
  • December 2016
  • November 2016
  • October 2016
  • September 2016
  • August 2016
  • Home
  • About
  • Contact

113 East Austin Street | Marshall, TX 75670 | (903) 938-8900 | michaelsmith@siebman.com

Privacy Policy | Disclaimer | © Michael C. Smith