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Smart Path Connections, LLC v. Nokia Corporation et al, No. 2:22-cv-00296 (E.D. Tex. Mar. 28, 2024)

Adopted in Part Report and recommendation adopted with modification
Summary Judgment Willfulness Induced Infringement
Court
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division
Case No.
No. 2:22-cv-00296, Dkt. No. 285
Decided
March 28, 2024
Judge
Rodney Gilstrap, J. — Marshall
Document
Order
Docket Entry
ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS for 251 Report and Recommendations re 115 OPPOSED SEALED MOTION for Partial Summary Judgment of No Pre-Suit Indirect Infringement or Willful Infringement
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS

MARSHALL DIVISION

SMART PATH CONNECTIONS, LLC, §

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Plaintiff, §

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Case No. 2:22-CV-00296-JRG-RSP §

NOKIA OF AMERICA CORPORATION §

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Defendant. §

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ORDER

Nokia previously filed a Motion for Partial Summary Judgment of No Pre-suit Indirect Infringement or Willful Infringement (Dkt. No. 115.) Magistrate Judge Payne entered a Report and Recommendation (Dkt. No. 251), recommending granting-in-part of Nokia’s motion. Nokia has now filed Objections (Dkt. No. 268).

After conducting a de novo review of the briefing on the motion, the Report and . Recommendation, and the briefing on Nokia's Objections, the Court agrees with the reasoning provided within the Report and Recommendation and concludes that the Objections fail to show that the Report and Recommendation was erroneous. Consequently, the Court OVERRULES Nokia Objections and ADOPTS the Report and Recommendation and orders that the Motion (Dkt. No. 115) is granted as to pre-suit willfulness and denied as to indirect infringement, as discussed in the Report and Recommendation.

So ORDERED and SIGNED this 28th day of March, 2024.

RODNEY GILSTRAP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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