Apple Fails to Delay Texas Patent Trial Based on Covid-19

The Covid-19 pandemic doesn’t justify postponing a Texas patent infringement trial against Apple Inc. because the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas has taken sufficient steps to limit health risks, Judge Rodney Gilstrap said.

The court also said Tuesday that it wouldn’t delay jury selection to October because there was no evidence that the public health situation would be better then, and that the delay would prejudice Apple and plaintiffs Optis Wireless Technology LLC, Panoptis Patent Management, and Unwired Planet LLC.

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