June 29, 2023
A Montana federal judge on Thursday kicked a Canadian portable traffic signal supplier's patent lawsuit to the curb over the "breathtaking dishonesty" of using an "elaborate" ruse to secretly depose a rival's top executive, comparing the startup's efforts to keep the suit alive to those of "a child who has hidden a game console under his pillow begging for his punishment to be exile to his room."
March 28, 2023
A Montana magistrate judge has recommended booting a portable traffic signal supplier's patent suit against a rival, determining the patent owner should be sanctioned for fraudulently obtaining information during litigation.