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

E.D. Tex.

STMicroelectronics Inc v. Sandisk Corporation, No. 4:05-cv-00045 (E.D. Tex. Sept. 7, 2006)

Granted in Part
Court
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Sherman Division
Case No.
No. 4:05-cv-00045, Dkt. No. 227
Decided
September 7, 2006
Judge
Don D. Bush, J.
Document
Order
Docket Entry
ORDER re 61 MOTION for Leave to File Amended Preliminary Infringement Contentions filed by STMicroelectronics Inc is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part
Length
5 pages

From the Opinion

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STMicroelectronics I nc. (“ STM”) filed this Motion for L eave to Amend Preliminary Infringement Contentions. (Docket #61). STM has accused Sandisk of infringing six patents. STM contends that the patents can be divided by function into three general categories: algorithim patents; packaging patents; and the electrostatic discharge patents (“ESD”). STM states that when it served its prel iminary contentions on September 7, 2005, its investig ation of the scope of Sandisk’s infringement was ongoing.