Western District of Texas Judge Alan D. Albright agreed to transfer Decapolis Systems' patent infringement case against eClinicalWorks to the District of Massachusetts on Tuesday, a relatively rare example of the judge outright granting an opposed motion to transfer a patent case.
Western District of Texas Judge Alan D. Albright is pausing a patent case over roofing systems, saying there is a "good chance" the patent at issue will be struck down at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board before the case goes to trial.
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Juniper Asks Fed. Circ. To Override Albright s Transfer Denial
Law360 (July 6, 2021, 8:01 PM EDT) Juniper Networks is urging the Federal Circuit to overturn Western District of Texas Judge Alan D. Albright s refusal to transfer patent lawsuits against it to California, saying that the judge only came to the conclusion by badly skewing its analysis.
In a mandamus petition filed Friday, Juniper argued that Judge Albright abused his discretion by denying its request to ship patent plaintiff WSOU Investments LLC s lawsuits against it from the Western District of Texas to the Northern District of California, despite the close and comprehensive connections to the Golden State.
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Chemical Co. Wants To Skip IP Damages Trial After Sanctions
Law360 (June 15, 2021, 7:38 PM EDT) An oilfield chemical company that got Western District of Texas Judge Alan D. Albright to impose sanctions on a rival for concealing evidence of infringement asked the judge Monday to award it $17 million, instead of holding a damages trial.
In May, Judge Albright entered a so-called death penalty sanction of default judgment against True Chemical Solutions LLC by finding it liable for willful infringement of Performance Chemical Co. s patents and attorney fees based on egregious misconduct that came to light on the eve of a planned March 26 trial, and then scheduled a trial for damages on July 19.
The Federal Circuit has been told that Western District of Texas Judge Alan D. Albright has adopted rules that create an "impossible barrier" to getting infringement cases stayed during Patent Trial and Appeal Board reviews, and that the appeals court must step in.