As it pertains to the present dispute, claim 17 of the ’294 Patent is representative and recites: 2 Texas-New Mexico Power Company was dismissed on March 28, 2016. The Patents All of the asserted patents generally relate to electric meters and various components thereof. 597.) This Court granted Defendants permission to file such a request, and thereafter Defendants filed the instant briefing, requesting that the Court construe the claim term “proximate” to mean “adjacent.” (Doc. During the scheduling conference, Defendants indicated that they would like to file a motion requesting that the Court construe the term “proximate.” Defendants stated that the MDL court had considered the term for claim construction, but held that it was a term of degree and that it was up to the jury to decide “how close is necessary to meet the term.” (W.D. Thereafter, this Court severed Defendant Centerpoint into the above-captioned action, 6:16-cv-407, for a separate trial, and consolidated that action with 6:10-cv-577 as the lead case. Upon remand, this Court held a status conference to address scheduling issues for trial.
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5:12-ml-2309.) On February 22, 2016, the actions were remanded to this Court for trial from the Western District of Oklahoma. On January 27, 2012, these actions were transferred to the Western District of Oklahoma to proceed in multidistrict litigation in that district. A separate civil action, 6:11-cv-113, was filed on March 14, 2011, alleging Defendant CoServ infringes the ’294, ’713, and ’699 Patents. BACKGROUND The above-titled civil action number 6:10-cv-557 was originally filed on October 21, 2010, alleging Defendants Centerpoint, Denton, Oncor, and Texas-New Mexico Power Company2 infringe U.S. Therefore, all citations herein will be to cause number 6:16-cv407 unless otherwise noted. 22.) 1 The briefing filed in both cases is nearly identical. (“Transdata”) has filed responsive briefs. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Before the Court are Defendants Centerpoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC (“Centerpoint”), Denton Municipal Electric (“Denton”), Oncor Electric Delivery Company, LLC (“Oncor”), and Denton County Electric Cooperative d/b/a CoServ Electric (“CoServ”) (collectively “Defendants”) claim construction briefs regarding the term “proximate.” (6:10-cv557, Doc. CENTERPOINT ENERGY HOUSTON ELECTRIC, LLC, § § § § § § § § § § CASE NO.
CENTERPOINT ENERGY HOUSTON ELECTRIC LLC, et al, § § § § § § § § § § CASE NO. IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS TYLER DIVISION TRANSDATA, INC., Plaintiff, vs.
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