By J. Gregory Whitehair, IP Resolution Co. On September 27, 2011, Chief Judge Rader keynoted the Judicial Conference for the Eastern District of Texas in a wide ranging speech. Tapping his experience as both a Federal Circuit Judge and as a trial judge by designation in the district, Judge Rader weighed in on array of [...]

Alcohol Monitoring Systems, Inc. v. Actsoft, Inc. et al. centers on allegedly infringing sales of “TattleTale” bracelets, which monitor a person’s blood alcohol level in a non-invasive manner, as one component of a “house arrest system.”1 In a thorough opinion reminiscent of Beverly Hills Fan Co. v. Royal Sovereign Corp., 21 F.3d 1558 (Fed. Cir. [...]

On January 19, 2010, Judge Matsch held in CCC Group, Inc. v. Martin Engineering Co. that the Plaintiff’s representatives engaged in inequitable conduct before the USPTO and awarded attorney fees to the Defendant. The three patents asserted arose from the development of a dust control system for application in a coal mining project. In a [...]