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Soverain IP, LLC v. Microsoft Corporation, No. 2:17-cv-00204 (E.D. Tex. Mar. 26, 2018)

Adopted Report and recommendation (or magistrate's order) adopted
Willfulness Motion to Dismiss
Court
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division
Case No.
No. 2:17-cv-00204, Dkt. No. 206
Decided
March 26, 2018
Judge
Robert W. Schroeder, III, J.
Document
Report and Recommendation
Docket Entry
chroeder, III on 3/26/2018. (sm, )ORDER OVERRULING Objections and ADOPTING 201 REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS; Denying 51 MOTION to Dismiss Soverain's Claims of Willful Infringement filed by AT&T Services, Inc., AT&T, Inc
Length
6 pages

From the Opinion

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ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION Now before the Court are Defendant AT&T Services, Inc.’s Objections (Docket No. 202) to Magistrate Judge Payne’s Report and Recommendation (Docket No. 201), which recommends that the Court deny AT&T’s motion to dismiss Soverain’s allegations of willful infringement under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6). For the reasons that follow, the Court OVERRULES AT&T’s objections and DENIES the motion to dismiss. BACKGROUND This patent case concerns U.S. Patents 5,708,780, 7,191,447, and 8,606,900.

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