On February 22, 2023, the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Patrick McHenry, along with other Republican leaders in the House and Senate, released a letter ("the Letter")...

The Federal Circuit vacated and remanded with instructions to dismiss the United States Patent and Trademark Office's (USPTO) final rejection in an ex parte reexamination

On March 24, 2022, the Federal Circuit reversed Judge Albright's indefiniteness finding in Dyfan, LLC v. Target Corp. The case is remanded for further proceedings.

On March 24, 2022, the Federal Circuit reversed Judge Albright's indefiniteness finding in Dyfan, LLC v. Target Corp. The case is remanded for further proceedings.

Earlier this spring in EcoFactor, Inc. v. Google LLC, 6:20-cv-00075 (ADA), a jury awarded EcoFactor approximately $20 million in damages for Google's infringement of one of its patents

On May 20, 2022, in Intellectual Tech LLC v. Zebra Techs. Corp., Judge Albright granted Zebra's Motion for Summary Judgment for Lack of Standing pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 56, ...

On April 14, 2022, plaintiff AK Meeting IP LLC (AK Meeting) filed its Amended Complaint, alleging that defendant Cisco Systems, Inc. (Cisco) infringed two of its patents related to a method...

On November 9, 2022, in Textile Computer Systems, Inc. v. Broadway National Bank d/b/a Broadway Bank, et al., Judge Albright denied non-party Unified Patents' Motion to Quash subpoenas served by Plaintiff Textile Computer Systems, Inc. ("Textile") on Unified Patents, LLC ("Unified Patents").

This opinion concerns an appeal and cross-appeal of a Patent Trial and Appeal Board ("PTAB") inter partes review ("IPR") decision and addresses the question of whether claims in a later-filed...

On July 19, 2021, Plaintiff Textron Innovations, Inc. ("Textron") sued SZ DJI Technology, DJI Europe B.V., and DJI Technology, Inc. for infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 8,014,909; 8,108,085...

In a recent March 17, 2025 summary judgment order, federal district court Judge Georgette Castner in the District of New Jersey invalidated a patent that had been filed before the 2011 America Invents Act (AIA)...

On February 3, 2025, amendments to the Rules of Practice & Procedure at the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) will take effect.

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Judge Albright announced his latest changes to his Order Governing Proceedings (OGP), which are now published on the Western District of Texas website here.

In a recent decision, the court of appeals of the state of New York, New York's highest court, ruled that, under section 9-406 of the Uniform Commercial Code of the state of New York...

On December 21, 2022, Judge Albright resolved a discovery dispute between Fintiv and Apple, ordering Fintiv to provide Apple with answers in writing as to why emails were missing for 10...

Where a federal agency has reviewed and approved a product label pursuant to a federal statute, claims brought under state laws challenging that label are preempted...

The September 2024 pooling of Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) debentures was priced at 4.38%. This most recent semiannual pricing of SBIC debentures reflected a decrease to the rate set in March 2024.

In a memorandum released on August 18, 2023 (CCM 202333001), the IRS Office of Chief Counsel clarified the eligibility of federal credit unions...

On December 14, 2023, the U.S. Maritime Administration issued a Final Rule which makes its "Federal Ship Financing Program," widely known as "Title XI," more flexible.