Phelan Group, LLC v. Mercedes-Benz Group AG, No. 2:23-cv-00607 (E.D. Tex. Oct. 1, 2024)

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Before the Court is Defendant State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company’s (“Defendant”) Motion for Sanctions Pursuant to Rule 37 (the “Motion”). (Dkt. No. 38.) In the Motion, Defendant requests “the Court to dismiss with prejudice ‘Count Two Infringement of U.S. Patent No. 9,908,508’ of the Complaint pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37(c)(1) and award State Farm the attorney’s fees and costs incurred defending against the ’508 Patent.” (Id. at 9–10.) For the following reasons, the Court finds that the Motion should be DENIED. 2 I.