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Brooktrout Inc v. Eicon Networks Corp, et al, No. 2:03-cv-00059 (E.D. Tex. June 14, 2007)

Denied
Injunction Induced Infringement
Court
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division
Case No.
No. 2:03-cv-00059, Dkt. No. 221
Decided
June 14, 2007
Judge
T. John Ward, J.
Document
Memorandum Opinion and Order
Docket Entry
MEMORANDUM OPINION and ORDER denying deft's motion #217 and reinstates the permanent injunction. Court directs the clerk's office to file in the record the deft's letter brief of July 10, 2006
Length
4 pages

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The court denies the defendant’s motion to vacate the permanent injunction (#217) and reinstates the permanent injunction as previously ordered (#201). On January 20, 2006, this court entered a permanent injunction that was narrowly tailored to prevent Eicon’s prospective infringement of the patents-in-suit via inducement. See Dkt No. 201. The court’s decision was counseled by the Federal Circuit’s general rule that injunctions should issue against patent infringers, unless exceptional circumstances suggest otherwise. MercExchange, LLC v.

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