In LG Electronics USA, Inc. v. Whirlpool Corp., C.A. No. 08-234-GMS (July 1, 2011), Judge Sleet recently denied LG’s JMOL motion of obviousness and lack of written description because LG failed to preserve the issues by including them in a timely filed Rule 50(a) motion . Id. at 9. Judge Sleet did, however, grant LG’s motion for a new trial with respect to the sufficiency of the written description of Whirlpool’s ‘130 patent and obviousness of Whirlpool’s ‘601 patent. Id. at 22-23, 26-27. The court noted that LG’s “[f]iling a Rule 50(a) motion at the proper time would have allowed the court to more efficiently resolve the issue.”. Id. at 24, n.9; 26, n.11.
LG Electronics USA, Inc. v. Whirlpool Corp., C.A. No. 08-234-GMS (July 1, 2011)
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