Judge James Rodney Gilstrap, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas U.S. District Judge James Rodney Gilstrap of the Eastern District of Texas. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM

U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap is not going to step aside for the Wuhan Intermediate People's Court of Hubei Province.

The Eastern District of Texas judge blocked Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. on Monday from enforcing an order from the Chinese court that aims to halt Ericsson Inc.'s patent licensing action in Texas.