March 04, 2021
Grocery store chain HEB asked a Texas federal judge to postpone an in-person jury trial in a patent fight over scan-and-pay technology, citing the COVID-19 pandemic, the state's recent weather crisis and a looming Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision.
January 14, 2021
U.S. District Judge Alan Albright in Texas signed off on an effort to postpone an in-person jury trial that was set to start in six weeks in a patent fight over scan and pay technology between the grocery store chain HEB and startup Digital Retail Apps.
January 08, 2021
Grocery store chain HEB and Digital Retail Apps — which are battling over accusations that HEB infringed patents with an app to scan and pay for items in-store — filed a joint motion Friday asking U.S. District Judge Alan Albright of the Western District of Texas to postpone their jury trial set for February, citing safety concerns given the pandemic.