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By Standing Order entered by Chief District Judge Leonard P. Stark on September 1, 2020, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware announced its plan to transition…
Continue Reading District of Delaware Announces Plan to Transition to Phase 2 of the District’s Re-Opening Guidelines on September 15, 2020

By Opinion entered by The Honorable Leonard P. Stark in Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. et al v. Aurobindo Pharma USA Inc. et al., Civil Action No. 17-374-LPS (D.Del. August 5,…
Continue Reading Following ANDA Trial, Chief Judge Stark Finds Remaining Defendants’ Proposed Drug Products Infringe Asserted Claims of Patents-in-Suit Connected to Plaintiffs’ Eliquis® Product

Due to public safety concerns caused by COVID-19, by Standing Order entered by Chief Judge Leonard P. Stark dated July 16, 2020, the United States District Court for the District…
Continue Reading Civil and Criminal Jury Trials in the District of Delaware Will Not Resume Until At Least August 31, 2020 due to COVID-19

By Order dated June 15, 2020 and issued by Chief Judge Stark, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware issued and adopted its re-opening guidelines that includes…
Continue Reading District of Delaware Adopts Re-Opening Guidelines and Will Commence Phase One Operations on June 17, 2020

By Memorandum Order entered by The Honorable Leonard P. Stark in United Access Technologies, LLC v. AT&T Corp. et al., Civil Action No. 11-338-LPS (D.Del. June 12, 2020), the…
Continue Reading Chief Judge Stark Denies Defendants’ Motion Seeking Litigation Funding-Related Discovery in Patent Infringement Action

By Opinion entered by The Honorable Leonard P. Stark in Belcher Pharmaceutical, LLC v. Hospira, Inc., Civil Action No. 17-775-LPS (D.Del. March 31, 2020), following a two day bench…
Continue Reading Chief Judge Stark Finds that Defendant Hospira Does Not Infringe Plaintiff Belcher’s Patent-in-Suit and Patent is Invalid and Unenforceable

By Memorandum Order entered by The Honorable Leonard P. Stark in Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. v. Oxford Nanopore Technologies, Inc. et al., Civil Action No. 17-275-LPS-CJB (D.Del. February…
Continue Reading Chief Judge Stark Issues Rulings on Parties Various Motions in Limine in Patent Action Scheduled to Begin Trial Next Week

By Order entered by Chief Judge Leonard P. Stark on January 31, 2020, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware added three Delaware attorneys to its Special…
Continue Reading Three Delaware Attorneys Added by Court to Special Masters Panel in Complex Civil Cases in District of Delaware

By Memorandum Order entered by The Honorable Leonard P. Stark in Align Technology, Inc. v. 3Shape A/S, et al., Civil Action No. 18-1949-LPS-CJB (D.Del. September 19, 2019) the Court…
Continue Reading Chief Judge Stark Grants Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss in Part Finding Claims of One of the Patents-in-Suit Directed to Patent Ineligible Subject Matter

By Memorandum Order entered by The Honorable Leonard P. Stark in The Gillette Co. v. Dollar Shave Club, Inc. et al., Civil Action No. 15-1158-LPS-CJB (D.Del. August 7, 2017),…
Continue Reading Chief Judge Stark Overrules Parties’ Objections, Adopts Judge Burke’s Order Denying Defendants’ Motion to Stay Pending Arbitration and Denies Plaintiff’s Motion to Enjoin Arbitration