At the end of March in the Eastern District of Texas, Judge Jordan issued two motion to dismiss orders involving patent eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101. These cases are discussed in further detail below. Repifi Vendor...more
A recent case in the Eastern District of Texas touched on the distinction between claim representativeness for the purposes of infringement and representativeness for the purposes of subject-matter eligibility under 35 U.S.C....more
A Tale of Two ANDAs: Jurisdiction and Venue in a Non-Traditional Sense -
Judge Gilstrap’s recent opinion in Apicore US LLC v. Beloteca, Inc., No. 2:19-CV-00077-JRG, 2019 WL 1746079 (E.D. Tex. Apr. 18, 2019), highlights...more
Two recent cases in the Eastern District of Texas touched on the federal patent preemption defense. One case addressed preemption in the context of an assignment of patent ownership dispute, and the other case addressed...more