After Last Week’s Hearing, Counsel for IP Edge-Tied Plaintiff Before Judge Connolly Have a Busy Summer Ahead
Delaware Chief Judge Colm F. Connolly has held another hearing as part of the “Series of Extraordinary Events” unfolding before him in the wake of his April 2022 standing orders imposing heightened disclosure requirements on litigants in his courtroom. The impetus for this hearing was a set of requests by counsel for IP Edge LLC-linked Backertop Licensing LLC to withdraw from their respective representations. However, Backertop had already made a production under an order requiring it to deliver, for in camera review, a wide-ranging set of information concerning the plaintiff’s ownership/control, assets, and legal representation. With Backertop’s attorneys before him, Judge Connolly denied their motions to withdraw, addressed both the inadequacy of the production made under his prior order, but also brought forward details from that inadequate production: details that highlight where the court’s concerns about the monetization framework of IP Edge-linked entities like Backertop lie.