Ensign Fails to Pause C-MOR Suit Over Oil Rig Lighting Patents

Ensign US S. Drilling LLC failed to convince a federal judge to pause C-MOR Energy’s infringement lawsuit over two patents covering lighting systems for oil-drilling rigs.

The US District Court for the Southern District of Texas declined to stay the lawsuit while the US Patent and Trademark Office reviews Ensign’s challenge to C-MOR Energy’s US Patent No. 10,976,016 because there is no legal barrier preventing Ensign from resuming allegedly infringing activity and no guarantee that a validity ruling would simplify the issues. The court also adopted C-MOR’s proposed interpretation of key patent terms over Ensign’s, according to an opinion issued ...