Case: Patents/Stays (E.D. Tex.)

A federal district court in Texas granted as modified Micron Technology Inc., Micron Semiconductor Products Inc., and Micron Technology Texas LLC’s motion to stay Netlist Inc.'s action seeking declarations that Netlist’s suits against Micron in this district don’t violate the Idaho Bad Faith Assertions of Patent Infringement Act, that the Idaho Act is preempted under the Supremacy Clause and unconstitutional as applied to Netlist, and that Micron’s bad-faith suits violate Netlist’s right under the First Amendment to enforce its patents. The court ordered the case stayed pending the final and non-appealable determination of validity as to the patents in this ...