Federal Judiciary

Petition for Writ of Mandamus Denied in Commil v. Cisco

By Michael C. Smith

Well it's TGIF for the Eastern District at the Federal Circuit today as another order just came out denying a petition directed at Judge Chad Everingham's order granting Commil a new trial in its case against Cisco on the issues of indirect infringement and damages because of statements made by Cisco's counsel in the presence of the jury.  (See Reconsidering Pork).

In In re Cisco Systems, Misc. Docket No. 975, the Federal Circuit noted that Cisco's claims were not shown to be something that could not be raised on appeal, and thus did not justify the extraordinary remedy of mandamus relief.

Full post as published by Eastern District of Texas Federal Court Practice on March 04, 2011 (boomark / email).