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Roy S. Payne
Roy Steven Payne is currently a U.S. Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. He previously served as a U.S. Magistrate Judge in the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana from 1987 to 2005. Education Judge Payne was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, received his undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia (with distinction) in 1974 and obtained his Juris Doctor degree from Louisiana State University Law School in 1977, where he graduated Order of the Coif with Phi Kappa Phi honors and also served as an Associate Editor on the ''Louisiana Law Review'' from 1976 to 1977, and where he published the Note Due Process for Drivers under the Louisiana Revocation Statutes', 36 La. L. Rev. 852 (1976) and later the article The Coconspirators’ Exception to the Hearsay Rule: The Limits of Its Logic', 37 La. L. Rev. 1101 (1977).Practicing Law Institute (PLI), Faculty Biography, Hon. Roy Payne, United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States District Court For The Eastern District Of Texas
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (in case citations, E.D. Tex.) is a federal court in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, Fifth Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Federal Circuit). The District was established on February 21, 1857, with the division of the state into an Eastern and United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, Western District. Organization of the court The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas is one of four federal judicial districts in Texas. Court for the District is held at Beaumont, Texas, Beaumont, Lufkin, Texas, Lufkin, Marshall, Texas, Marshall, Plano, Texas, Plano, Sherman, Texas, Sherman, Texarkana, Texas, Texarkana, and Tyler, Texas, Tyler. Beaumont, Texas, Beaumont Division comprises the following counties: Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Markman Hearing
A ''Markman'' hearing is a pretrial hearing in a U.S. District Court during which a judge examines evidence from all parties on the appropriate meanings of relevant key words used in a patent claim, when patent infringement is alleged by a plaintiff. It is also known as a "Claim Construction Hearing". Holding a ''Markman'' hearing in patent infringement cases has been common practice since the U.S. Supreme Court, in the 1996 case of ''Markman v. Westview Instruments, Inc.'', found that the language of a patent is a matter of law for a judge to decide, not a matter of fact for a jury to decide. In the United States, juries determine facts in many situations, but judges determine matters of law. ''Markman'' hearings are important, because the court determines patent infringement cases by the interpretation of claims. A ''Markman'' hearing may encourage settlement, because the judge's claim construction finding can indicate a likely outcome for the patent infringement case as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Court Of Appeals For The Fifth Circuit
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (in case citations, 5th Cir.) is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following federal judicial districts: * Eastern District of Louisiana * Middle District of Louisiana * Western District of Louisiana * Northern District of Mississippi * Southern District of Mississippi * Eastern District of Texas * Northern District of Texas * Southern District of Texas * Western District of Texas The Fifth Circuit has 17 active judgeships, and is headquartered at the John Minor Wisdom United States Court of Appeals Building in New Orleans, Louisiana, with the clerk's office located at the F. Edward Hebert Federal Building in New Orleans. Originally, the Fifth Circuit also included the federal district courts in Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. In 1981, the district courts for those states were transferred to the newly created U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. History of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marshall, Texas
Marshall is a city in the U.S. state of Texas. It is the county seat of Harrison County, Texas, Harrison County and a cultural and educational center of the Ark-La-Tex region. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. census, the population of Marshall was 23,392; The population of the Greater Marshall area, comprising all of Harrison County, was 65,631 in 2010, and 66,726 in 2018. Marshall and Harrison County were important political and production areas of the Confederate States of America during the U.S. Civil War, American Civil War. This area of Texas was developed for Plantation, cotton plantations. Planters brought slavery in the United States, slaves with them from other regions or bought them in the domestic slave trade. The county had the highest number of slaves in the state, and East Texas had a higher proportion of slaves than other regions of the state. The wealth of the county and city depended on slave labor and the cotton market. Fhe late 19th century until the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Rodney Gilstrap
James Rodney Gilstrap (born May 1, 1957) is the United States federal judge, Chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. He is notable for presiding over more than one quarter of all patent infringement cases filed in the nation and is often referred to by various sources as the country's single "busiest patent judge." Early life and education Gilstrap was born in Pensacola, Florida. He is an Eagle Scout (Boy Scouts of America), Eagle Scout. He received a Bachelor of Arts from Baylor University in 1978, where he graduated magna cum laude. As an undergraduate he was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. He also earned a Juris Doctor from Baylor Law School in 1981, where he was associate editor of the ''Baylor Law Review.'' While on the review, he published the article ''Video Recorders: Copyright Infringement'', 33 Baylor Law Review 695 (1981). Gilstrap later served as president of the Baylor Law Alumni Association. Career Aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lex Machina
Lex Machina, Inc. is a company that provides legal analytics to legal professionals. It began as an IP litigation research company and is now a division of LexisNexis. The company started as a project at Stanford University within the university's law school and computer science department before launching as a startup in Menlo Park, California. Lex Machina provides a SaaS product to legal professionals to aid in their practice, research, and business. History Lex Machina initially began in 2006 as a public interest project at Stanford University by Professor Mark Lemley and co-founders George Gregory and Joshua Walker. The project was developed within the university's law school and computer science department under the IP Litigation Clearinghouse (IPLC) project. Lex Machina was incorporated in 2008 and launched the following year. The name "Lex Machina" is a Latin phrase meaning "law machine" that Walker had used in a research paper he wrote in 2004. Walker was named the CEO ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sue Robinson
Sue Lewis Robinson (born 1952) is a former United States District Judge who was part of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. Education and career Born Sue Lewis in Mount Carmel, Illinois, Robinson received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Delaware in 1974 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1978. She was in private practice in Wilmington, Delaware from 1978 to 1983. She was an Assistant United States Attorney of the District of Delaware from 1983 to 1988. Federal judicial service Robinson was a United States magistrate judge of the District of Delaware from 1988 to 1991. On October 1, 1991, Robinson was nominated by President George H. W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Delaware vacated by Judge Jane Richards Roth. Robinson was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 15, 1991, and received her commission on November 18, 1991. She served as Chief Judge from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Folsom
David Folsom (born March 12, 1947) is a retired United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. Education and career Born in Murfreesboro, Arkansas, Folsom received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Arkansas in 1969 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Arkansas School of Law in 1974. He served as a school teacher at Arkansas Senior High School in Texarkana, Arkansas from 1969 to 1971. He was in private practice in Texarkana, Texas from 1974 to 1995. He was a deputy prosecuting attorney of Lafayette County, Arkansas from 1978 to 1981. Federal judicial service On January 11, 1995, Folsom was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas vacated by Sam B. Hall, Jr. Folsom was confirmed by the United States Senate The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marilyn Huff
Marilyn L. Huff (born March 6, 1951) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. Education and career Huff was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Calvin College in 1972 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Michigan Law School in 1976. She was in private practice of law in San Diego, California, from 1976 to 1991. Federal judicial service Huff was nominated by President George H. W. Bush on March 12, 1991, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of California vacated by Judge William Benner Enright. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 9, 1991, and received her commission on May 14, 1991. She served as Chief Judge from 1998 to 2005. She assumed senior status on September 30, 2016. As a judge, she has gained a reputation in the field of intellectual property, speaking around the country on the topic. Notable cases ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudi Brewster
Rudi Milton Brewster (May 8, 1932 – September 7, 2012) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, best known for 2006 ruling in a patent infringements suit against Microsoft tied to the licensing of the MP3 format. Education and career Born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Brewster received an A.B. from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University in 1954 after completing a 130-page long senior thesis titled "The Economic Section, Antitrust Division: Analysis of Purposes and Functions." While a student at Princeton, Brewster was a member of the Navy ROTC program. He served in the United States Navy as an aviator from 1954 to 1957, and thereafter attended Stanford Law School while in the United States Naval Reserve. He earned a Juris Doctor from Stanford Law School in 1960, and went into private practice in San Diego, California, at the law firm of Gray, Cary, Ames & Frye ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Love (judge)
John or Johnny Love may refer to: Law and politics * John Lord Love (1841–1899), California politician * John Arthur Love (1916–2002), Colorado governor * John Russell Love (1895–1981), Alberta politician * John Love (congressman) (died 1822), American politician and lawyer from Virginia Sports * John Love (footballer) (1924–2007), Scottish football player and manager * Johnny Love (footballer) (1937–2010), former English footballer * John Love (American football) (born 1944), American football wide receiver * John Love (racing driver) (1924–2005), Rhodesian racing driver Others * John Love (minister) (1757–1825), Church of Scotland minister * John Love (scientist) (1942–2016), pioneer of fibre optics * John Love (general) (1820–1881), United States Army officer * John Washington Love (1850–1880), artist; see William Forsyth * Alain Payet (1947–2007), French director under the pseudonym John Love * David Love (geologist) John David Love (17 April 191 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonard Stark
Leonard Philip Stark (born July 5, 1969) is an American lawyer who serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware and was a United States magistrate judge of the same district. Early life and education Born July 5, 1969, in Detroit, Stark earned a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Science in history and political science and a Master of Arts in history from the University of Delaware, all in 1991.President Obama Nominates Judge Leonard Stark and Amy Totenberg to the United States District Court ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
