By Memorandum Order entered by the Honorable Leonard P. Stark in Baker v. Alpha Consolidated Holdings, Inc. et al., Civil Action No. 18-976-LPS (D.Del. September 17, 2021), the Court granted the combined motion for summary judgment of noninfringement of Defendants Alpha Consolidated Holdings, Inc. and Illinois Tool Works Inc. d/b/a Gumout with respect to
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Judge Stark Grants Plaintiffs’ Motion in Limine to Preclude Trial Testimony from Defendants’ CEO
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By Memorandum Order entered by the Honorable Leonard P. Stark in SZ DJI Technology Co., Ltd. et al. v. Autel Robotics USA LLC et al., Civil Action No. 16-706-LPS (Consolidated) (D.Del. August 4, 2021), the District of Delaware granted Plaintiffs’ motion in limine No. 1 to preclude the trial testimony of certain fact witnesses…
Chief Judge Stark Passes the Baton to a New Chief Judge in the District of Delaware
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Effective July 1, 2021, the Honorable Colm F. Connolly became Chief Judge in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. Chief Judge Connolly assumed the role from the Honorable Leonard P. Stark, who served the District of Delaware well as Chief Judge since 2014.
Thank you Chief Judge Stark for your leadership,…
Chief Judge Stark Denies Defendants’ Motions to Dismiss Plaintiff’s Complaints Asserting Patent Infringement Due to the Use of AUTOSTAR Communication Technology in Defendants’ Vehicles
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By Memorandum Opinion entered by The Honorable Leonard P. Stark in Stragent, LLC v. BMW of North America, LLC et al., Civil Action No. 20-510-LPS (D.Del. March 25, 2021) (consolidated), the Court denied Defendants’ motions to dismiss Plaintiff’s complaints asserting infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 9,705,765 (“the ‘765 patent”), 10,002,036 (“the ‘036 patent”), 10,031,790…
Chief Judge Stark Allows a Portion of Defendants’ Counterclaim and Affirmative Defense of Inequitable Conduct to Proceed After Considering Plaintiffs’ Motion to Dismiss and Motion to Strike
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By Memorandum Opinion entered by The Honorable Leonard P. Stark in Diebold Nixdorf, Inc. et al. v. Hyosung TNS, Inc. et al., Civil Action No. 19-1695-LPS (D.Del. March 4, 2021), the Court granted in part and denied in part Plaintiffs’ motion to dismiss Defendants’ counterclaim, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6), and…
Chief Judge Stark Overrules Plaintiff’s Objections and Adopts the Order of Magistrate Judge Hall Denying Plaintiff’s Requests to Strike and Preclude Use of Certain Evidence at Trial
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By Memorandum Order entered by The Honorable Leonard P. Stark in 3Shape A/S v. Align Technology, Inc., Civil Action No. 18-886-LPS (D.Del. February 1, 2021), the Court overruled the objections of Plaintiff 3Shape contending that Judge Hall misapplied the Pennypack factors when she, by Oral Order dated January 9, 2021, denied 3Shape’s requests to…
Chief Judge Stark Grants Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment of No Infringement Under Doctrine of Equivalents
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By Memorandum Opinion entered by The Honorable Leonard P. Stark in Osseo Imaging, LLC v. Planmeca USA Inc., Civil Action No. 17-1386-LPS (D.Del. October 28, 2020), the Court, inter alia, denied Defendant’s motion for summary judgment of no infringement with respect to literal infringement and granted Defendant’s motion for summary judgment of no…
Chief Judge Stark Grants Google’s Motion for Summary Judgment of Non-Infringement
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By Memorandum Opinion entered by The Honorable Leonard P. Stark in Data Engine Technologies LLC v. Google LLC, Civil Action No. 14-1115-LPS (D.Del. September 9, 2020), the Court granted defendant Google LLC’s motion for summary judgment of non-infringement with respect to the claims alleging that Google Sheets infringed the asserted claims of U.S. Patent…
Chief Judge Stark Denies Defendants’ Request to Convert Remote Bench Trial Ordered in Light of COVID-19 Pandemic to In-Person Trial
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By Memorandum Order entered by The Honorable Leonard P. Stark in Xcoal Energy & Resources v. Bluestone Energy Sales Corp., Civil Action No. 18-819-LPS (D.Del. August 18, 2020), the Court denied Defendants’ renewed emergency request to convert the remote bench trial scheduled to begin on August 25, 2020 to a partially-remote or in-person trial.…
Judge Connolly Issues Claim Construction Opinion for Remaining Disputed Claim Term in Patent-in-Suit in Patent Infringement Action
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By Memorandum Opinion entered by The Honorable Colm F. Connolly in Genentech, Inc. et al. v. Amgen Inc., Civil Action No. 17-1407-CFC, Consolidated (D.Del. March 9, 2020), the Court issued its claim construction opinion construing the remaining disputed claim term, “following fermentation,” in the patent-in-suit, United States Patent Number 8,574,869. Based on the extrinsic…