Eastern District of Texas Judge Rodney Gilstrap held a mid-March scheduling conference in a newly filed patent suit against Samsung, twice calling for announcements in the case; however, the plaintiff “failed [to] announce or to appear as ordered”. The court therefore, sua sponte (on its own initiative), dismissed the case without prejudice to refiling within 15 days. Last week, the no-show plaintiff did just that.
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