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GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. v. DIRECTV, INC.

Case No. 4:12cv651-RH/CAS.

1 F.Supp.3d 1305 (2014)

GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC., Plaintiff, v. DIRECTV, INC. et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Florida, Tallahassee Division.

February 28, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Guy M. Burns , Johnson Pope Bokor etc. , Tampa, FL, James C. Bradley , Michael J. Brickman , Nina H. Fields , Richardson Patrick Westbrook etc. , Mount Pleasant, SC, Virginia Langston Ponder , Pennington Moore Wilkinson etc. , John Wiley Horton , Pennington Moore Wilkinson etc. , Tallahassee, FL, for Plaintiff.

Krista Sue Schwartz , Jones Day Chicago , IL, Robert Edward Pershes , Vijay Gibran Brijbasi , Roetzel & Andress LPA, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Joel Andrew Kauth , Anaheim, CA, Christopher JM Collings , Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, Miami, FL, James P. Judkins , Judkins Simpson High etc. , Tallahassee, FL, Louis Touton , Jones Day LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Edward Kendrick Smith Jones Day, Atlanta, GA, for Defendants.

ORDER GRANTING SUMMARY JUDGMENT IN PART

ROBERT L. HINKLE, District Judge.

This is a patent-infringement case. Now pending is a defense summary-judgment motion that presents two issues.

The first is whether the patent holder's covenant not to sue a business that uses its patents—a covenant that as a matter of law is the equivalent of a license authorizing the business to use the patents—carries with it "have-made rights," thus...

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