Patent opinions from the Eastern District of Texas and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

E.D. Tex.

Alt v. Medtronic Inc, No. 2:04-cv-00370 (E.D. Tex. Oct. 28, 2005)

Granted in Part
Court
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division
Case No.
No. 2:04-cv-00370, Dkt. No. 85
Decided
October 28, 2005
Judge
Leonard Davis, J.
Document
Memorandum Opinion and Order
Docket Entry
MEMORANDUM OPINION and ORDER denying in part and granting in part motion for leave to amend preliminary infringement contention #63 as set forth herein
Length
6 pages

From the Opinion

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Plaintiff, Dr. Eckhard U. Alt (“Alt”), has filed a Motion for Leave to Amend His Preliminary Infringement Contentions (Docket No. 63). For the reasons set forth below, the Court DENIES IN PART and GRANTS IN PART Alt’s motion. BACKGROUND Alt requests leave of this Court to supplement his Preliminary Infringement Contentions to assert claim 16 of U.S. Patent No. 5,014,700 (“the ‘4,700 patent”) and to add Medtronic’s EnTrust product line of cardioverter-defibrillators as accused products.