New Texas Uniform Trade Secrets Act Aims to Protect Innovation
The TUTSA applies to acts of trade secret misappropriation occurring on or after Sept. 1, 2013, and is found in the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code, Chapter 134A.
Tyler Jury Shoots Down Plaintiff in Telecom Patent Case
Jury ruled that Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson and other technology vendors did not infringe on a Canadian licensing firm's patents.
Rackspace GC is Tired of 'Giving Money to a Protection Racket'
Alan Schoenbaum is fed up with patent trolls and he’s not going to take it any more. The San Antonio tech GC vows to fight the patent assertion entities.
INTA Floods Dallas with 9,000 Trademark Experts
For Alcon Labs Assistant GC Sheldon Pontaoe and AT&T Trademarks Attorney David Cho, the International Trademark Association annual meeting has been a chance to meet face to face with colleagues from across the globe and to discuss the latest legal trends, including product counterfeiting.
INTA Co-Chair Purvi Patel: Addicted to Madonna – From Pinstripes to Trademarks
Since she was a child, Purvi Patel has been fascinated with Madonna. She once told her mother she wanted to be a lawyer and wear a pinstripe suit – like Madonna, albeit the pop queen had added the iconic Jean Paul Gaultier conical corset to her business attire. Patel continues to admire the pop star’s art, ambition and branding efforts. And, not surprisingly, the partner who chairs Haynes and Boone’s Trademark Practice Group has purchased a new pinstripe suit to welcome thousands to Dallas in early May for the International Trademark Association’s annual meeting.
Federal Circuit Upholds $345 million Versata IP Verdict
Winning a $345 million jury verdict is difficult. Keeping such a large judgment on appeal is even harder. McKool Smith has done both for its Austin-based client Versata Software.
Dallas Judge: Travelocity Didn’t Violate Search Patent
Fish & Richardson convinced U.S. District Judge O'Connor to toss a $20 million patent infringement lawsuit against Southlake-based Travelocity.
East Texas Jury Rules for T-Mobile in Patent Dispute
A federal jury in Tyler ruled that the communications giant did not infringe the patent rights of Realtime Data.
Patent Lawsuits Skyrocket in Texas
The America Invents Act was supposed to reduce the amount of new patent litigation, but instead, IP dispute filings are going through the roof in Texas -- according to legal experts
McKool Smith Wins $368 Million Patent Verdict Against Apple
VirnetX Holding Corporation continued its success in federal court in Tyler, winning a $368 million patent infringement verdict this week against Apple over video conferencing technology. The Nevada company scored an $105.75 million jury verdict against Microsoft in 2010. Dallas-based McKool Smith represented VirnetX in both victories.
America Invents Act Leads to Patent Litigation Spike
The number of new patent cases filed in the Northern District of Texas during the first half of 2012 more than doubled the number filed during the first six months of 2011. The Eastern District saw its new patent filings jump 63 percent. The Western and Southern districts witnessed significant increases, too. One likely reason, according to IP litigation Eric Findlay of Tyler, is the passage of the America Invents Act in September 2011.
Dallas Snags U.S. Patent Satellite Office
A Thompson & Knight secretary, the Facebook "like" button and hard work by Dallas IP lawyers leads to USPTO decision.