Failure To Comply With Patent Local Rules Dooms Case, Panel Affirms

Mealey's (June 4, 2020, 12:22 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a June 3 ruling, the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals found that a federal judge in California did not abuse his discretion in striking infringement contentions by a patent owner in light of his “repeated failures” to comply with the district court’s Patent Local Rules (Xiaohua Huang v. MediaTek USA Inc., No. 20-1251, Fed. Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 17482)....