Patent Attorney Appeals Order Requiring Judge’s OK for Lawsuits

Patent lawyer Bill Ramey told the Federal Circuit a sanctions order that forces him to seek permission before filing new patent cases in the Western District of Texas is based on bad evidence and overly broad.

A district judge wrongly penalized Ramey based on claim charts attached to a March 2022 lawsuit he filed for client MCom IP LLC against Cisco Systems Inc. rather than an updated version filed with an amended complaint in October that year, according to Ramey and MCom’s appellate brief, filed Monday with the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Claim charts line ...