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Alacritech Inc. v. CenturyLink, Inc., No. 2:16-cv-00693 (E.D. Tex. Oct. 2, 2023)

Granted in Part
Summary Judgment Invalidity (§ 102/§ 103) IPR / PTAB
Court
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division
Case No.
No. 2:16-cv-00693, Dkt. No. 853
Decided
October 2, 2023
Judge
Roy S. Payne, M.J.
Document
Report and Recommendation
Docket Entry
REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS granting re 607 SEALED PATENT MOTION for Summary Judgment of No Invalidity in View of IPR Estoppel. Court recommends that the Motion be GRANTED for the Thia/Tanenbaum combination and the Rütsche32/Stevens II combi…
Length
4 pages

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Before the Court is Plaintiff’s Partial Motion for Summary Judgment of No Invalidity in View of IPR Estoppel. Dkt. No. 607.1 After consideration, the Court recommends that the Motion be GRANTED for the Thia/Tanenbaum combination and the Rütsche32/Stevens II combination. The Court further recommends that the Motion’s remaining bases be DENIED AS MOOT. I. BACKGROUND On June 30, 2016, Plaintiff Alacritech Inc.

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