Convolve, Inc. v. Dell Inc. et al, No. 2:08-cv-00244 (E.D. Tex. Jan. 17, 2014)

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After a nine-day trial, the jury found that Defe ndants had failed to prove that the asserted claims of the ‘473 Patent were invalid. Befo re the Court is Defendants’ Renewed Motion for Judgment as a Matter of Law on Invalidity (Dkt. No. 567, filed August 19, 2011). APPLICABLE LAW Judgment as a matter of law is appropriate “[ i]f a party has been fully heard on an issue during a jury trial and the court finds that a re asonable jury would not ha ve a legally sufficient evidentiary basis to find for the party on that issue . . . .” Fed. R. Civ. P.