Motion to Dismiss Patent Case for Lack of Standing Granted

MHL Tek, LLC v. General Motors Corp., 2009 WL 901334(E.D.Tex. Mar 31, 2009)
District Judge T. John Ward
Holding: Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Standing GRANTED
Defendants filed a motion to dismiss for lack of standing to assert the patent infringement claims brought in the case.  Judge Ward held that while plaintiff had a purported assignment of the patents-in-suit, the evidence showed that the patents had previously been assigned to another company. "Under the contracted terms, the parties [to the first assignment] clearly intended for title to [the patents-at-issue] to pass to [one of the companies] upon execution of the development agreement, as well as the patent assignment agreement. As much as [plaintiff] wants this Court to do so, the Court cannot now rewrite the parties' contracts."