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Northern District Judges Speak About Patent Pilot Program

July 26, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Barbara M. G. Lynn, David C. Godbey, Ed Kinkeade, Local Patent Rules, Patent, Practice Tips 

On July 26, 2011, Judges Lynn, Godbey and Kinkeade participated in a panel discussion sponsored by the Dallas Bar Association Intellectual Property Section to discuss implementation of the Patent Pilot Program in the Northern District of Texas. Judge Lynn began the discussion by reporting that Chief Judge Fitzwater just issued Special Order No. 3-287 concerning [...]

Judge Kaplan Speaks at Advanced Patent Litigation CLE

July 17, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Damages, Experts, Jeff Kaplan, Local Patent Rules, Practice Tips, Summary Judgment 

Hon. Jeff Kaplan, U.S. Magistrate Judge in the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division, participated in a judges panel at the State Bar of Texas 7th Annual Advanced Patent Litigation course in San Antonio on July 14, 2011. Judge Kaplan addressed several subjects of interest: Patent Pilot Program. Judge Kaplan touched on how the judges [...]

Request for Comments and Upcoming Judges Panel on New Patent Pilot Program

July 12, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Barbara M. G. Lynn, David C. Godbey, Ed Kinkeade, Local Patent Rules, Patent, Practice Tips 

The Northern District of Texas has been selected to participate in the Patent Pilot Program. The Patent Pilot Program is a 10-year program to enhance district court judges’ expertise in patent cases. To be eligible to participate, courts had to be among the 15 district courts in which the largest number of patent cases were [...]

N.D. Texas Chosen for Patent Pilot Program

June 9, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Barbara M. G. Lynn, David C. Godbey, District Judge, Ed Kinkeade, Local Patent Rules, Patent 

The Northern District of Texas was recently selected as one of fourteen district courts to participate in the Patent Pilot Program scheduled to span the next ten years. As a participant in the Patent Pilot Program, patent cases filed in the N.D. Tex. will first be randomly assigned to all district judges, regardless whether such [...]

N.D. Texas Applies for Participation in Patent Pilot Program

March 29, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Barbara M. G. Lynn, David C. Godbey, District Judge, Ed Kinkeade, Local Patent Rules, Patent, Royal Furgeson, Terry R. Means 

On March 18, 2011, the Northern District of Texas applied to be one of six district courts to participate in the Patent Pilot Program that was recently signed into law. The pilot program will run for 10 years after the participating courts are designated, with periodic reports submitted to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees [...]

Judge Boyle Grants Motion to Amend Preliminary Invalidity Contentions

August 23, 2010 by · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Anticipation, Jane Boyle, Local Patent Rules, Obviousness, Patent, Rules of Procedure, Utility Patent 

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 [...]