DRAFT LICENSE AGREEMENTS AND COMMUNICATIONS REGARDING LICENSE NEGOTIATIONS WERE DISCOVERABLE IN INFRINGEMENT UIT

摘要

Charles E. Hill & Associates, Inc. v. ABT Electronics, Inc., 2012 WL 1142658 (E.D. Tex. 2012) involved a patent infringement suit. The district court held that the production of draft license agreements and communications regarding the license negotiations between a patent owner and third parties to resolve past claims under the patents-in-suit was warranted.