Reiffin

Reiffin v. Microsoft Corp.

Good Law

270 F. Supp. 2d 1132·2003 WL 21544105·2003 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11326

United States District Court, Northern District of CaliforniaMarch 31, 2003C 98-266California16,324 words

Opinion

Walker, J.

ORDER

On January 23, 1998, plaintiff commenced this action for patent infringement of two United States patents to which he holds the rights: US Patent Nos 5,694,603 (’603 patent) and 5,694,604 (’604 patent). See Doc # 1. On January 24, 2002, the court held a claim construction hearing. See Doc # 354. The court issued its claim construction order on April 30, 2002, which prompted the parties to file or renew the motions now pending. See Doc # 365.

Those motions include: (1) defendant’s motion for partial summary judgment of invalidity and lack of priority under 35 USC §§ 112 , ¶ 1 and 120 (Doc # 373); (2) defendant’s motion for summary judgment of patent invalidity and unenforceability due to prosecution laches (Doc # 370); (3) plaintiffs motion to permit additional discovery pursuant to FRCP 56(f) (Doc #406); (4) plaintiffs motion to enlarge time for hearing on defendant’s prosecution laches and FRCP 56(f) motions (Doc #416); (5) defendant’s motion to strike the declaration of Richard Zaitlen (Doc #420); (6) plaintiffs motion for leave to file a second amended complaint (Doc # 436); (7) defendant’s motion for leave to file a surreply in opposition to plaintiffs motion for leave…

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Parties

Martin Gardner REIFFIN
Plaintiff
MICROSOFT CORPORATION
Defendant

Judges

Walker

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