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

E.D. Tex.

Juniper Networks, Inc. v. Toshiba America, Inc. et al, No. 2:05-cv-00479 (E.D. Tex. July 11, 2007)

Granted
Court
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division
Case No.
No. 2:05-cv-00479, Dkt. No. 169
Decided
July 11, 2007
Judge
T. John Ward, J.
Document
Memorandum Opinion and Order
Docket Entry
MEMORANDUM OPINION and ORDER - The Court finds that the defts willfully and intentionally violated the Court's amended discovery order, and that the deft's conduct constitutes discovery abuse. The Court adopts Judge Everingham's findings an…
Length
8 pages

From the Opinion

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1. Introduction This order memorializes the sanctions that were issued against the defendants at the show cause hearing on June 14, 2007. In this patent infringement case, the plaintiff is asserting claim 7 of U.S. Patent No. 5,418,924 against the defendant s. The technology at issue involves memory controllers for use in laptop computers. At the show cause hearing, Messrs. Vito Canuso and Perry Oldham proffered arguments to explain why the court should not find the defendants in contempt for disobeying the court’s amended discovery order.