Sol IP, LLC v. AT&T Mobility LLC, No. 2:18-cv-00526 (E.D. Tex. Dec. 5, 2019)

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Before the Court is Ericsson’s Motion to Disqualify Two Sol Technical Experts (Dkt. No. 241), which came on for hearing before the undersigned on December 4, 2019. The motion seeks to disqualify two experts retained by Plaintiff (Dr. Robert Akl and Mr. Robert Tidwell) based on confidential information they both allegedly obtained while working for Ericsson on a case against Ericsson in the District of Minnesota and on inter partes review proceedings before the PTAB. 2 / 4 As set out by the Fifth Circuit in Koch Refining Co. v.