Judge Albright recently issued a series of orders related to the customer-suit exception corresponding to patent infringement actions filed by patent plaintiff Sonrai Memory Limited (Sonrai).

Because the claims did not answer the questions, the district court held the claims were indefinite.

Petitioner Apple Inc. appealed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's inter partes reviews holding that Apple did not prove invalid certain patent claims covering smartphone technology.

Judge Albright issued two new standing orders on June 16 and 17, 2021, which are now published on the Western District of Texas website...

On April 20, 2023, Judge Albright denied Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant Impinj, Inc.'s Opposed Motion to Stay Pending ex parte reexamination addressing all asserted claims of the '608...

When 2021 began, the uncertainty of the patent jury trial loomed large in the Eastern and Western districts of Texas.

Valeant Pharmaceuticals North America LLC et al. v. Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. et al., No. 2019-2402 (Fed. Cir. November 5, 2020)

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In its opposed motion, Defendant Meraki Integrated Circuit (Meraki) submitted that the Northern District of California was a proper and more convenient venue for the action brought in Waco by ...

On October 22, 2024, the Department of Justice announced a False Claims Act (FCA) settlement related to a government contractor's failure to adhere to certain cybersecurity requirements.

The Biden Administration has signaled that it views national cybersecurity as an important enforcement priority.

On May 22, 2024, Tennessee joined Florida and West Virginia in enacting legislation that provides a legal safe harbor for companies that have experienced a cyberattack.

In a bipartisan vote (279-136), on May 22, 2024, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 4763, the "Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act" (FIT21)...

Vessel availability is a key planning issue for offshore wind development anywhere in the world and particularly so in the United States where the Jones Act requires that qualified U.S.-flag...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection or CBP issued its first Jones Act ruling relating to a floating offshore wind project on July 6, 2021, which it made publicly available on August 23, 2021.

On December 3, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued an expansive Fourth Amendment to its original Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP Act) Declaration for Medical Countermeasures Against COVID-19.

The closure of the Colonial Pipeline has given rise to discussions about whether the U.S. "Jones Act" should be waived to permit foreign tank vessels to transported refined petroleum products...

In February 2023, the Cybersecurity Administration of China (CAC) issued the Measures for the Standard Contract for Outbound Cross-Border Transfer of Personal Information...

On December 14, 2020, more than a year and a half after the Republic of Turkey acquired a Russian surface-to-air missile system in violation of Section 231 of the...

The U.S. Department of Justice recently made available the Settlement Agreement in the case involving the transportation of frozen fish from Alaska to New England via Canada allegedly in violation of the Jones Act.