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

E.D. Tex.

Erfindergemeinschaft UroPep GbR v. Eli Lilly and Company et al, No. 2:15-cv-01202 (E.D. Tex. Oct. 21, 2016)

Granted in Part
Court
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division
Case No.
No. 2:15-cv-01202, Dkt. No. 149
Decided
October 21, 2016
Judge
William C. Bryson, Circuit Judge (sitting by designation)
Document
Memorandum Opinion and Order
Length
37 pages

From the Opinion

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Before the Court are two motions for summary judgment filed by the defendants : a motion for summary judgment of non- infringement, Dkt. No. 119, and a motion for partial summary judgment that claims 1 and 3 of the ’124 patent are invalid for failure to meet the written description requirement of 35 U.S.C. § 112 ¶ 1, Dkt. No. 120. Following a hearing on June 23, 2016, the Court entered an order construing several disputed terms of the ’124 patent. Dkt. No.