Patent Case Watch

Patent opinions from the Eastern District of Texas and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

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Motions in Limine

A motion in limine asks the court to rule on the admissibility of evidence before trial, so that the parties know what may be shown or said in front of the jury. In patent cases the recurring subjects are references to a party's size or wealth, characterisations such as patent troll or copyist, evidence of other litigation or of Patent Office proceedings, settlement and licence negotiations offered for damages, and expert opinions that stray beyond a disclosed report. Rulings are often provisional, subject to revisiting once the trial record develops. The opinions collected here are those pre-trial evidentiary rulings, which frequently arrive as a single order resolving many motions at once.

66 opinions and orders.