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

E.D. Tex.

Personalized Media Communications, L.L.C. v. Zynga, Inc., No. 2:12-cv-00068 (E.D. Tex. Aug. 28, 2013)

Claims Construed
Court
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division
Case No.
No. 2:12-cv-00068, Dkt. No. 150
Decided
August 28, 2013
Judge
See opinion
Document
Order
Docket Entry
MEMORANDUM AND OPINION - The Court adopts the above constructions. The parties are ordered that they may not refer, directly or indirectly, to each others claim construction positions in the presence of the jury. Parties are ordered to refr…
Length
49 pages

From the Opinion

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Before the Court is the parties’ claim c onstruction briefing (Dkt. 77, 80 and 86). In addition, the Court heard oral arguments on April 17, 2013. There are four patents-in-suit: U.S. Patent No. 7,734,251 (the “‘251 Patent”), U.S. Patent No. 7,797,717 (the “‘717 Patent”), U.S. Patent No. 7,860,131 (the “‘131 Patent”), and U.S. Patent No. 7,908,638 (the “‘638 Patent”).1 The patents-in-suit are part of patent fa mily which has extensive prosecution and litigation history. The parent application for th e patents-in-suit was filed in 1981 and issued as U.S.