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October 16, 2024

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Judge Albright Denies Motion To Strike Amended Complaint and Reiterates the Significance of the Order Governing Proceedings

Judge Albright denies Defendant’s Motion to Strike Plaintiff’s Amended Complaint, finding that the procedure outlined in the Order Governing Proceedings
allowed for the amendment....Read more

October 2, 2024

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Judge Albright Enters Judgment Despite Jury’s Disregard for Stop Instructions

On May 19, 2023, a Waco jury found that Dropbox did not infringe any of the patent claims asserted by Motion Offense, LLC....Read more

September 18, 2024

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Judge Pitman Grants Summary Judgment of No Damages After Excluding Plaintiff’s Expert Damages Testimony

Defendant Microsoft Corporation (Microsoft) filed a motion for summary judgment of no remedy, which Judge Pitman granted on August 15, 2024, resulting
in final judgment on all claims in favor of Microsoft....Read more

September 11, 2024

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Judge Albright Denies Motion To Transfer To the Northern District of California Based on Two Private-Interest Factors Weighing Against Transfer

Defendant Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta) filed an opposed motion to transfer venue to the Northern District of California (NDCA). On August 7, 2024, Judge
Albright denied Meta’s motion to transfer, finding Meta had failed to establish NDCA as a clearly more convenient forum to resolve the dispute....Read more

June 12, 2024

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Judge Pitman Grants Motion To Transfer To the Northern District of California Based on Multiple Factors Strongly Favoring Transfer

Defendant Tableau Software, LLC (Tableau) filed an opposed motion to transfer venue to the Northern District of California. On May 21, 2024, Judge Pitman
granted Tableau’s motion and transferred the proceeding between Tableau and iCharts LLC....Read more

May 1, 2024

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Judge Pitman Grants Motion To Stay Pending Post-Grant Proceedings

Defendants Bayerische Motoren Werke (BMW) and Robert Bosch GmbH (Bosch) (collectively, defendants) filed an opposed motion to stay the district court
litigation pending ex parte reexamination of all asserted claims of the U.S. Patent No. 7,502,958 (the’958 Patent) and inter partes review of 10 out of the 25
claims of the ’958 Patent. ...Read more

April 24, 2024

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Federal Circuit Denies Google’s Petition For Mandamus Regarding Transfer of Patent Infringement Case From Western District of Texas To Northern District of California, Citing Judicial Economy

Google petitioned the Federal Circuit for a writ of mandamus, requesting that the Federal Circuit direct the United States District Court for the Western District
of Texas to vacate its order denying Google’s motion to transfer and transfer to the United States District Court for the Northern District of California....Read more

November 1, 2023

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Federal Circuit Denies Petition for Writ of Mandamus—Sony Cannot Transfer Case Out of Western District of Texas

On October 19, 2023, the Federal Circuit denied Sony’s petition to transfer a case from the Western District of Texas to the Northern District of California....Read more

December 28, 2021

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Judge Albright Imposes Sanctions for “Baseless” Claims in Motion for New Trial

On December 17, 2021, Judge Albright imposed sanctions on the plaintiff’s counsel who signed the motion for a new trial filed after a jury verdict for the
defense in Freshhub, Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc. ...Read more

December 27, 2021

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Third Quarter 2021: Judge Albright’s Transfer Orders in Review

The third quarter of 2021 was one of the busier quarters for Judge Albright on transfer orders. For 3Q 2021, we reviewed the judge’s transfer-related orders
and procedures....Read more

November 17, 2021

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Judge Yeakel Discusses the Austin Patent Docket

On November 17, 2021, Judge Yeakel presented his yearly State of the Western District of Texas. Judge Yeakel discussed the nine or so patent cases that were
recently transferred from Judge Albright’s Waco docket, via intradistrict transfer, to Austin. ...Read more

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Winston & Strawn’s WacoWatch series delivers information and analysis on Judge Alan Albright, his important decisions, his procedures, and emerging trends related to patent litigation in the Waco Division of the Western District of Texas.