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

E.D. Tex.

Golden Hour Data Systems, Inc. v. emsCharts, Inc. et al, No. 2:06-cv-00381 (E.D. Tex. Aug. 15, 2012)

Granted
Court
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division
Case No.
No. 2:06-cv-00381, Dkt. No. 386
Decided
August 15, 2012
Judge
See opinion
Document
Memorandum Opinion and Order
Docket Entry
MEMORANDUM AND OPINION - the Court finds emsCharts has not demonstrated by clear and convincing evidence that the applicants of the 073 patent or their prosecution counsel engaged in inequitable conduct during the prosecution of the 073 pat…
Length
26 pages

From the Opinion

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I. INTRODUCTION The Court conducted a jury tria l in November, 2008. In that trial, the jury rendered a verdict that Defendant emsCharts, Inc. (“emsCha rts”) willfully infringed all the asserted patent claims and awarded $3,500,000 to Plaintiff Golden H our Data Systems, Inc. (“Golden Hour”). See Dkt. No. 202 (Jury Verdict). Importantly, the jury explicitly found that all the asserted patent claims were not invalid by reason of anticip ation or obviousness in vi ew of any of the art presented at trial, including the AeroMed Brochure. See id.