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

E.D. Tex.

Alfonso Cioffi et al v. Google, LLC, No. 2:13-cv-00103 (E.D. Tex. Mar. 29, 2018)

Granted in Part
Court
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division
Case No.
No. 2:13-cv-00103, Dkt. No. 319
Decided
March 29, 2018
Judge
Rodney Gilstrap, J.
Document
Memorandum Opinion and Order
Length
12 pages

From the Opinion

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Before the Court is Defendant Google Inc.’s (“Google”) Motion for Post -trial Relief on Invalidity under 35 U.S.C. §§ 102, 103, and 251. (Dkt. No. 292.) Having considered the Motion, the relevant authorities, and the entirety of the record currently before the Court, the Court is of the opinion that the Motion should be GRANTED-IN-PART and DENIED-IN-PART as set forth herein. I. BACKGROUND A. The Asserted Patents Alfonso Cioffi, Megan Rozman, Melanie Rozman, and Morgan Rozman (collectively, “Cioffi”) accused Google of infringing U.S. Reissue Patent Nos.