Retractable Technologies, Inc. v. Becton Dickinson and Company

Filing 497

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS for 368 Report and Recommendations, denying 178 Sealed Patent Motion, filed by Becton Dickinson and Company. Signed by Judge Leonard Davis on 8/16/13. (ehs, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
MARSHALL DIVISION
RETRACTABLE
TECHNOLOGIES, INC., et al.,
Plaintiffs,
v.
BECTON, DICKINSON AND CO.,
Defendant.

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Case No. 2:08-CV-16-LED-RSP

ORDER
Before the Court is Becton, Dickinson and Company’s Motion for Partial Summary
Judgment on Plaintiffs’ Product Disparagement Claim (Count 4) (Dkt. No. 170, filed January 11,
2012). On March 14, 2013, the Magistrate Judge filed a Report and Recommendation, which
recommends denying BD’s motion. (Dkt. No. 368.) BD filed its Objections on March 25, 2013
(Dkt. No. 378), to which Plaintiff responded on April 11, 2013 (Dkt. 393) and BD replied on
April 22, 2013 (Dkt. 409).
The Court has reviewed the objections raised by BD and finds them to be without merit,
as they raise no issues not already addressed in the R&R. Accordingly,
The Court hereby ADOPTS the Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation. BD’s
Amended Motion for Partial Summary Judgment On Its Affirmative Defenses of Res Judicata
and Release (Dkt. No. 178) is DENIED for the reasons stated therein.
So ORDERED and SIGNED this 19th day of August, 2013.

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LEONARD DAVIS
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE