Whirlpool Corp. has filed 40 lawsuits to protect one replacement part: a $50 refrigerator water filter. Using a Texas court known as the venue of choice for people trying to win patent cases, the ...
On February 16th, Judge Rodney Gilstrap of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (E.D. Tex.) entered a consent judgment and a permanent injunction in a patent infringement case ...