Archive for 2010

Effective September 1, 2010, new Local Rule 3.3 and amended Local Rule 81.1 will take effect in the Northern District of Texas.  Both of these Local Rules address a plaintiff’s obligation to provide notice of “related cases” when filing a new complaint in the Northern District of Texas.  This amendment is made pursuant to Special [...]

Judge Boyle recently granted a patent infringement defendant’s Motion for Leave to Amend its Preliminary Invalidity Contentions.  In Guardian Technologies, LLC v. Radio Shack Corporation, et al, Civil Action No. 3:09-CV-00649-B (N.D. Tex., Dallas Div. – August 13, 2010), the Court allowed Defendant X10 Wireless to file Amended Preliminary Invalidity Contentions that included four additional [...]

As a patent litigator, a recurring issue is how best to help the jury to understand what patents are, why they are needed, how inventors get them, the role of the Patent and Trademark Office, and why disputes over patents arise.  It is particularly important that any instructions provided to the jury be presented in [...]