Mealey's (September 28, 2015, 1:33 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Texas federal judge’s preliminary injunction barring a defendant from infringing two asserted claims of a drilling system patent was partly vacated by the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Sept. 24 (M-I LLC v. FPUSA LLC, No. 15-1870, Fed. Cir.; 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 16905).

(Decision available. Document #16-151005-012Z.)

According to the appellate panel of Circuit Judges Sharon Prost, Todd M. Hughes and William C. Bryson, the injunction entered by U.S. Judge David A. Ezra of the Western District of Texas...