13 Cited authorities

  1. Wiwa v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co.

    392 F.3d 812 (5th Cir. 2004)   Cited 426 times
    Holding that the district court erred in quashing a subpoena without providing justification
  2. Hodges, Grant Kaufmann v. U.S. Gov't

    768 F.2d 719 (5th Cir. 1985)   Cited 294 times
    Holding that the disclosure of privileged communications to a third-party generally eliminates the confidentiality of the attorney-client privilege and serves to waive the attorney-client privilege
  3. Truswal Sys. Corp. v. Hydro-Air Eng'g, Inc.

    813 F.2d 1207 (Fed. Cir. 1987)   Cited 219 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that Federal Circuit law governs the relevance of discovery requests in patent cases when substantive patent law is implicated
  4. Heat & Control, Inc. v. Hester Indus., Inc.

    785 F.2d 1017 (Fed. Cir. 1986)   Cited 171 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that appellate jurisdiction existed with respect to Northern District of West Virginia order granting a motion to quash a non–party subpoena in connection with a main action pending in the Northern District of California
  5. Eolas Technologies Inc. v. Microsoft Corp.

    399 F.3d 1325 (Fed. Cir. 2005)   Cited 88 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Finding that a single prior use invalidates both system and method claims
  6. In re Kollar

    286 F.3d 1326 (Fed. Cir. 2002)   Cited 66 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Holding that “[t]he precommercialization process aimed at making the invention commercial” does not implicate the on-sale bar
  7. Sedtal v. Genuine Parts Co.

    CIVIL ACTION NO. 1:08-CV-413-TH JURY (E.D. Tex. Jul. 23, 2009)   Cited 17 times

    CIVIL ACTION NO. 1:08-CV-413-TH JURY. July 23, 2009 MEMORANDUM OPINION ON PLAINTIFFS' MOTION TO COMPEL THAD HEARTFIELD, District Judge Before the Court is Plaintiff Derek Ferguson's First Amended Motion to Compel [Clerk's Docket No. 59], filed June 26, 2009. Having considered the motion, the response, the record and the applicable law, the Court is of the opinion that the motion should be granted. I. BACKGROUND Plaintiff Cynthia Sue Sedtal is a current employee of a NAPA Auto Parts retail store located

  8. EON CORP. IP HOLDINGS, LLC v. SENSUS USA INC

    NO. 6:09-cv-116 (E.D. Tex. Jan. 21, 2010)   Cited 15 times
    Finding infringement contentions insufficient because they do not identify all accused instrumentalities or how each meets the asserted claim elements
  9. Smartphone Techs. LLC v. Apple, Inc.

    NO. 6:10cv74 LED-JDL (E.D. Tex. Mar. 1, 2013)   Cited 6 times
    Ordering party to produce detailed privilege log and corresponding documents for the court to conduct in camera review
  10. Rule 26 - Duty to Disclose; General Provisions Governing Discovery

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 26   Cited 97,825 times   674 Legal Analyses
    Adopting Fed.R.Civ.P. 37
  11. Rule 37 - Failure to Make Disclosures or to Cooperate in Discovery; Sanctions

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 37   Cited 47,073 times   326 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a party may be barred from using a witness if it fails to disclose the witness
  12. Rule 5 - Serving and Filing Pleadings and Other Papers

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 5   Cited 22,753 times   16 Legal Analyses
    Allowing service by filing papers with the court's electronic-filing system
  13. Rule 45 - Subpoena

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 45   Cited 17,099 times   110 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a subpoena may command a person to attend a trial, hearing, or deposition "within 100 miles of where the person resides, is employed, or regularly transacts business in person"