By Memorandum Opinion entered by The Honorable Richard G. Andrews in TQ Delta, LLC v. 2Wire, Inc., Civil Action No. 13-1835-RGA (D.Del. July 14, 2021), the Court denied Defendant’s motion to exclude the testimony of Plaintiff’s expert witness relating to the testing of the accused infringing products with regard to the Family 4 Patents.
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District of Delaware Concludes that ICON’s Alleged Claims Against Peleton for Statements Concerning “Innovation” Fail to State a Claim under the Lanham Act
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By Memorandum Opinion entered by the Honorable Richard G. Andrews in Peleton Interactive, Inc. v. ICON Health & Fitness, Inc., Civil Action No. 20-662-RGA (D.Del. May 28, 2021), the Court granted in part and denied in part Peleton’s Partial Motion to Dismiss ICON’s First Amended Counterclaims. In doing so, among other things, the Court…
Judge Andrews Denies Defendants’ Motion to Reopen Discovery in Patent Infringement Actions with First Trial Imminent
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By Memorandum Opinion entered by The Honorable Richard G. Andrews in In re Chanbond, LLC, Patent Litigation, Civil Action No. 15-842-RGA (D.Del. April 16, 2021) (consolidated), the Court denied Defendants’ motion to reopen discovery to investigate whether Plaintiff Chanbond has standing in the suit given a dispute between Chanbond’s former owner, Chanbond, and Chanbond’s…
Judge Andrews Adopts Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation in Part in Granting Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment of Noninfringement of the Patent-in-Suit
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By Memorandum entered by The Honorable Richard G. Andrews in M2M Solutions LLC et al. v. Sierra Wireless America, Inc. et al., Civil Action No. 14-1102-RGA (D.Del. March 31, 2021), the Court granted Defendants’ motion for summary judgment of noninfringement of U.S. Patent No. 8,648,717 (“the ‘717 Patent”) with respect to the “exclusive set…
Judge Andrews Issues Markman Opinion Construing Remaining Terms in Dispute in Four Patents-in-Suit in Infringement Action Involving Patents on Surgical Tools
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By Memorandum Opinion entered in Conformis, Inc. v. Medacta USA, Inc., Civil Action No. 19-1528-RGA (D.Del. March 4, 2021), The Honorable Richard G. Andrews construed the remaining terms in dispute in the four (4) patents-in-suit, U.S. Patent Nos. 8,377,129 (“the ‘129 patent”), 8,460,304 (“the ‘304 patent”), 9,186,161 (“the ‘161 patent”), and 9,295,482 (“the ‘482 patent”),…
Judge Andrews Grants Defendant’s Motion to Strike Plaintiff’s Untimely Disclosed Theories of Patent Infringement in Opening Expert Report
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By Memorandum entered by The Honorable Richard G. Andrews in Viatech Technologies, Inc. v. Microsoft Corp., Civil Action No. 17-570-RGA (D.Del. February 19, 2021), the Court granted Defendant’s motion to strike barring Plaintiff from asserting, and its expert from opining on (1) any theory under the doctrine of equivalents (“DOE”) other than for the…
Judge Andrews Issues Markman Opinion Construing Five Remaining Terms in Dispute in Six Patents-in-Suit in Hatch-Waxman Action
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By Memorandum Opinion entered in Allergan USA, Inc. et al. v. Aurobindo Pharma Ltd., et al., Civil Action No. 19-1727-RGA (D.Del. January 11, 2021), The Honorable Richard G. Andrews construed the five (5) remaining terms in dispute in the six (6) patents-in-suit, U.S. Patent Nos. 8,691,860 (“the ‘860 patent”), 9,115,091 (“the ‘091 patent”), 9,364,489 (“the…
Judge Andrews Denies Plaintiff’s Motion to Reconsider Prior Order Dismissing All Counts of Complaint with Prejudice
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By Memorandum Order entered by The Honorable Richard G. Andrews in Dr. Laskhmi Arunachalam v. Citigroup Inc. et al., Civil Action No. 14-373-RGA (D.Del. December 4, 2020), the Court denied the motion of plaintiff to reconsider its prior order dismissing all counts of the complaint with prejudice. The order in question held that plaintiff…
Judge Andrews Denies Without Prejudice Plaintiff’s Daubert Motion to Exclude Testimony of Defendant’s Experts in Support of Patent Misuse Defense
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By Memorandum Order entered by The Honorable Richard G. Andrews in Ingevity Corp. et al. v. BASF Corp., Civil Action No. 18-1391-RGA (D.Del. October 21, 2020), the Court denied Plaintiff Ingevity’s motion to exclude all or portions of the testimony of two experts of Defendant BASF on the basis of Daubert without prejudice to…
Judge Andrews Finds Plaintiff Failed to Plead a Plausible Trade Secret Misappropriation Claim
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By Memorandum Order entered by The Honorable Richard G. Andrews in Lithero, LLC v. AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Civil Action No. 19-2320-RGA (D.Del. August 13, 2020), the Court found that Plaintiff failed to plead a plausible trade secret misappropriation claim under the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act (“DTSA”) despite the fact that the Court had…