Eastern District of Texas Limits Number of Patent Claims and Prior Art References Asserted in Case

Defendants' motion to limit the number of claims was granted in part and plaintiff was ordered to reduce its claims from 183 to 50 despite plaintiff's argument that claim construction had not yet occurred. In addition, plaintiff's motion to reduce the number of asserted prior art references was granted in part and defendants were ordered to reduce the number of asserted prior art references from 166 to 40.

SynQor, Inc. v. Artesyn Technologies, Inc. et al., 2-07-cv-00497 (TXED March 25, 2010, Order) (Everingham, M.J.)