Judge Denies Nimitz Motion for Reconsideration of Show-Cause Order

U.S. District Judge Colm Connolly for Delaware denied Nimitz Technologies’ motion for reconsideration of his April 4 show-cause order asking why the company shouldn’t be sanctioned for its failure to comply with his Nov. 10 order (see 2304110044), in an oral order Tuesday (docket 1:21-cv-01247). The Nimitz motion “lacks merit,” said the judge. The November order demanded production of Nimitz bank records, emails and other materials for Connolly’s investigation into whether third-party funding contributed to the filing of four Nimitz patent infringement lawsuits. Nimitz asserted it was under no obligation to produce the materials until the U.S. Appeals Court for the Federal Circuit issued a mandate of its denial of mandamus relief. Connolly said the Federal Circuit’s denial of the Nimitz petition without an opinion itself constituted a mandate.