Federal Circuit Denies Mandamus In Discovery Dispute Over Movie Technology Patents

Mealey's (November 21, 2016, 11:08 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Finding that the counterclaimant in a dispute over the ownership of certain motion picture technology “fail[ed] to carry the high burden . . . to overturn [a] district court’s discovery determination,” a Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Nov. 17 denied the firm’s motion for a writ of mandamus for relief from an order compelling production of purportedly privileged documents (In re:  Rearden LLC, et al., No. 16-125, Fed. Cir.; 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 20637)....