On-sale bar jury instruction was not erroneous

Laboratory Skin Care, Inc. and Zahra Mansouri v. Limited Brands, Inc. and Bath And Body Works, LLC, Civil Action No. 06-601-LPS, September 8, 2011.

Stark, J.  Plaintiff’s renewed motion for judgment as a matter of law or for new trial is denied.

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Software patents are invalidated under Bilski

Accenture Global Services, GmbH and Accenture, LLP v. Guidewire Software, Inc., Civ. No. 07-826-SLR, May 31, 2011.

Robinson, J.  Patents are held invalid as directed to abstract ideas; motion for clarification, reargument, and/or certification is granted as to clarification and denied in all other respects; and motion to strike portions of reply brief is denied as moot.

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Defendant's summary judgment motions fail

Leader Technologies, Inc. v. Facebook, Inc., Civil Action No. 08-862-LPS, March 14, 2011.

Stark, J.  Defendant’s motions for summary judgment of non-infringement and invalidity based on anticipation and on the on-sale bar are denied.

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Court upholds jury defense verdict based on the on sale bar

Leader Technologies, Inc. v. Facebook, Inc., Civil Action No. 08-862a-LPS, March 14, 2011. (D.I. 628, D.I. 629)

Stark, J.  Defendant’s renewed motion for JMOL of no direct infringement is denied and its additional motions for JMOL and for a new trial are denied. Plaintiff’s motion for JMOL or a new trial is denied.

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Damages and willfulness are bifurcated; summary judgment is denied

Laboratory Skin Care, Inc. and Zahra Mansouri v. Limited Brands, Inc. and Bath And Body Works, LLC, Civil Action No. 06-601-LPS, December 6, 2010.

Stark, J.  Plaintiff’s motion to preclude is granted.  Plaintiff’s motion to file a surreply is denied.  Defendants’ motion for summary judgment under § 102(b) is denied.  Remaining portions of defendants’ invalidity motion are denied. Defendants’ motion to bifurcate liability from damages and willfulness is granted.

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Summary judgment is denied pending outcome of Bilski appeal

Accenture Global Services GMBH, et al. v. Guidewire Software, Inc., Civ. No.07-826-SLR, March 5, 2010.

Robinson, J.  Defendant’s motions for summary judgment of invalidity based on indefiniteness, on-sale bar, anticipation or obviousness are denied. Defendant’s motion that the trade secret misappropriation claim is barred by the statute of limitations is denied.  Defendant’s motion for summary judgment of non-infringement is denied without prejudice to renew.  Plaintiff’s motion to strike defendant’s on-sale bar arguments and related documents not identified in invalidity contentions is denied.

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LGD is found to infringe and induce infringement of valid patents

LG Display Co. Ltd. v. AU Optronics Corporation, et al., C.A. Nos.06-726-JJF, 07-357-JJF, February 16, 2010.

Farnan, J.  Following Phase I of a bifurcated bench trial, the court finds that LGD literally infringes the asserted claim in the patents-in-suit and that the patents have not been proven to be invalid.

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