May 19, 2025
U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap has agreed to step away from overseeing a pair of lawsuits in his Texas courtroom accusing Cisco Systems Inc. of patent infringement, handing the cases off to another judge.
January 14, 2021
Eastern District of Texas Judge Rodney Gilstrap has agreed to press pause on a patent lawsuit against Cisco Systems Inc. despite it being "late" in the game, citing the high probability that the scope of the claims will change during reexamination proceedings.
November 20, 2020
Eastern District of Texas Judge Rodney Gilstrap announced Friday he's postponing all jury trials until March, a decision he was reluctant to make but felt necessary due to the rapidly increasing number of COVID-19 cases in Texas and the travel restrictions out-of-state attorneys and witnesses were facing.