May 11, 2018
A Texas federal judge Thursday denied FedEx's move to trim Intellectual Ventures II LLC's patent infringement claims days before trial, finding four shipping and tracking technology patents are valid under the U.S. Supreme Court's 2014 Alice decision and the remaining factual questions should be determined by a jury.
February 28, 2018
Judge Rodney Gilstrap tapped a former Hunton & Williams partner as "special liaison" to check the health of a FedEx expert the shipping giant said had a medical emergency when it asked to substitute another witness in a patent infringement case brought by Intellectual Ventures in Texas.
November 28, 2017
U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap has denied FedEx Corp.'s bid to move an Intellectual Ventures II LLC patent infringement case out of the Eastern District of Texas, saying the company forfeited its venue objections by "actively litigating" the case for months even after the U.S. Supreme Court's blockbuster patent venue decision.