Judge Burke Limits Scope of IPR Estoppel to Instituted Claims

This Report and Recommendation by Magistrate Judge Burke addresses a factual scenario that may apply in several cases in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision in SAS Inst. Inc. v. Iancu, 138 S.Ct. 1348 (2018). In November 2012, Plaintiff PDI filed infringement actions in the District of Delaware alleging infringement of one patent-in-suit. Defendants

Judge Burke Addresses Motion to Compel Responses to Requests for Admission

Magistrate Judge Burke recently issued an interesting memorandum order addressing requests for admission and the parties’ disputed objections to those requests. Judge Burke first addressed several RFAs seeking “admissions regarding features of certain chemical structures from the prior art, namely whether those structures read on certain limitations found in the claims at issue.” Integra Lifesciences

Magistrate Judge Burke denies motion to stay pending resolution of IPR

Magistrate Judge Christopher J. Burke recently denied a motion to stay pending the resolution of inter partes review of certain claims of one patent-in-suit.  Triplay, Inc. v. WhatsApp Inc., C.A. No. 13-1703-LPS-CJB (D. Del. Sept. 18, 2017).  Judge Burke explained that the IPR, including any appeals, would likely be resolved before any significant events were were likely

Judge Burke Denies Expedited Discovery in Aid of Not-Yet-Filed Preliminary Injunction Motion

Plaintiff Ethicon filed a motion for limited expedited discovery, stating that it “intends to file a preliminary injunction motion against [defendant] Intuitive’s . . . products, but it first needs a limited set of materials to confirm infringement” by products which are not yet sold publicly, but which Ethicon believed were about to be commercially

Judge Burke Addresses Discovery Into Non-Accused Products

Magistrate Judge Burke recent issued a memorandum order addressing the scope of discovery into a defendant’s products that are not “specifically-accused products.” Judge Burke reached slightly different conclusions with respect to different sets of asserted patents. For one set of patents, Judge Burke agreed with the Defendant’s arguments that the Plaintiff’s infringement contentions do not

Judge Burke applies issue preclusion based on arguments made to PTAB during inter partes review

Magistrate Judge Christopher J. Burke recently issued a Report and Recommendation on claim construction, construing terms and applying the doctrine of issue preclusion with regard to the proper function for one term in dispute.  Princeton Digital Image Corporation v. Konami Digital Entertainment, No. 12-1461-LPS-CJB (D. Del. June 16, 2017).  Defendants argued that issue preclusion applied because

Judge Burke denies GlaxoSmithKline’s Daubert motion to exclude expert on pharmacy drug dispensing

Magistrate Judge Christopher J. Burke recently considered plaintiffs’ motion to exclude defendants’ expert’s testimony regarding “how the dispensing of prescription drugs occurs at pharmacy, and to discuss the factors that influence which product ultimately is dispensed for a particular prescription.”  GlaxoSmithKline LLC, et al., v. Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc., USA, No. 14-877-LPS-CJB, at 3  (D. Del. May 2, 2017).  

Judge Burke recommends grant-in-part of motion to dismiss/strike inequitable conduct claims

In a detailed Report and Recommendation issued in International Business Machines Corporation v. The Priceline Group Inc., et al., C.A. No. 15-137-LPS-CJB (D. Del. Apr. 10, 2017), Magistrate Judge Christopher J. Burke recommended that Plaintiff’s motion to dismiss Defendants’ inequitable conduct counterclaim and to strike their corresponding affirmative defense be granted-in-part. Defendants’ inequitable conduct allegations

Judge Burke Denies Transfer of Venue to Northern District of California

Magistrate Judge Christopher J. Burke recently denied two co-pending motions to transfer venue to the Northern District of California. Applying the Third Circuit’s Jumara factors in considering whether all relevant factors strongly favored transfer, Judge Burke found that transfer was not warranted. Tessera, Inc., et al. v. Broadcom Corp., C.A. No. 16-379-LPS-CJB, Memo. Op. at

Judge Burke issues standing order regarding courtroom opportunities for newer attorneys

On January 23, 2017, Magistrate Judge Christopher J. Burke issued a standing order regarding courtroom opportunities for newer attorneys. The standing order explains that “[t]he Court is cognizant of a growing trend in which fewer cases go to trial, and in which there are generally fewer opportunities in court for speaking or ‘stand-up’ engagements. This