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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 Report and recommendation (or magistrate's order) adopted
Summary Judgment Non-Infringement Doctrine of Equivalents
Court
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division
Case No.
No. 2:22-cv-00296, Dkt. No. 287
Decided
March 28, 2024
Judge
Rodney Gilstrap, J. — Marshall
Document
Order
Docket Entry
ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS for 253 Report and Recommendations, re 117 Sealed Motion for Partial Summary Judgment of Non-Infringement Under the Doctrine of Equivalents, filed by Nokia of America Corporation
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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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v. §

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 Non-Infringement Under the Doctrine of Equivalents (Dkt. No. 117.) Magistrate Judge Payne entered a Report and Recommendation (Dkt. No. 253), r ecommending granting Nokia’s motion. Because no objections have been filed and for the reasons set forth in the Report and Recommendation, the Recommendation is ADOPTED and the Motion for Partial Summary Judgment (Dkt. No. 117) is GRANTED.

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

RODNEY GILSTRAP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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