D. Mass Patent Litigation Update: October 2023

This is part of a series of articles discussing recent orders of interest issued in patent cases by the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

In IOT Innovations LLC v. Savant Systems, Inc., No. 1:23-cv-12528, Judge Stearns issued two Orders four days apart.

The first Order noted that under Local Rule 40.1(g)(1), cases are related only if "one or more of the following similarities exist: i. the cases involve the same or substantially similar issues of fact; ii. the cases arise out of the same occurrence, transaction or property; iii. the cases involve insurance coverage for the same property, transaction or occurrence" and ordered IOT to file a brief explaining why it contends the instant case is related to IOT's prior patent infringement case in the same District against a different defendant selling a different product.