Defendant In Fracking Patent Case Must Produce Documents, Federal Judge Says

Mealey's (March 7, 2018, 11:10 AM EST) -- HOUSTON — A federal judge in Texas on March 6 ruled that a company had to comply with discovery requests in a hydraulic fracturing patent infringement lawsuit because the company alleging the infringement had specifically named items in its amended complaint that constituted a violation of its patent (Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC v. Packers Plus Energy Services Inc., No. 17-1422, S.D. Texas; 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 36590)....