Texas Judge Recommends Axing Meta Virtual Reality Patent Dispute

Mullen Industries LLC’s lawsuit against Meta Platforms Inc. should be dismissed after 60 patent claims were canceled, a Texas magistrate judge recommended.

Mullen made the “tactical decision” of not defending the validity of its patent claims before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and, if necessary, appealing to the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Magistrate Judge Susan Hightower said in a report and recommendation docketed May 29 in the US District Court for the Western District of Texas.

Hightower said Mullen disclaimed the challenged claims in the PTAB process, and then requested to add more allegations to ...