Free Speech, Due Process and Trial by Jury
In a precedent-setting decision, the Circuit ruled that PTAB improperly threw out Magnum Oil’s patent by essentially adopting arguments on behalf of an outside party that had challenged the patent’s validity – even though that party did not make those arguments and failed to present valid reasons to support them.
Andy Taylor and George Hittner founded TaylorHittner to serve individuals and companies at the intersection of business, politics and the law.
A Dallas jury ruled Tuesday evening that medical office executive Mehrdad Ghani committed fraud and breached the fiduciary relationship he had as part of a business partnership with North Dallas neurologist Erwin Cruz.
Since its September 2012 launch, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board has gained a reputation as a place that kills patents. Legal experts say the reality is more complex. “Recent studies show only a miniscule number of patents have been affected by the PTAB,” said IP law specialist William Munck. This article examines PTAB and its impact on patent litigation in-depth.
New patent infringement lawsuits filed in East Texas declined by nearly half during the first six months of 2016 – a sign that multiple efforts to curb complaints by so-called patent trolls are finally having an impact. While patent litigation may have peaked in 2015, EDTX continues to be by far the most popular place in the U.S. to sue for intellectual property infringement. Patent lawsuits also plummeted in Northern and Western Districts of Texas.
Two aviation companies and their executives filed separate lawsuits alleging that their former business partners, including a corporate general counsel, conspired with global conglomerate United Technologies and its subsidiary, aerospace manufacturer Pratt & Whitney, to fraudulently steal away hundreds of millions of dollars in potential business. The two lawsuits tell parallel stories that, if true, provide extraordinary insight into a legal and financial scheme that brazenly preyed on friendships and personal business relationships in a highly nuanced but extremely lucrative marketplace.
A federal jury in Dallas last Thursday ordered BlueCross BlueShield of Louisiana to pay McKinney-based Encompass Office Solutions $7.5 million for past unpaid services and tortious interference with its business practices. A young trial team from Thompson & Knight led the way for Encompass.
Renard developed a reputation for being one of the best trial lawyers in Texas over the last three decades at Bickel & Brewer, which is now called Brewer Attorneys & Counselors.
The former head of Apache Corp.’s Egyptian operations misappropriated sensitive trade secrets earlier this year when he left the Houston oil and gas company to help create a start-up firm that would compete with Apache for business, lawyers for Apache alleged in a lawsuit filed Tuesday.
A pair of upcoming trials will help determine whether two large makers of “smart” utility meters stole a small Carrollton company’s technology – and the stakes are huge.
A Houston-based trial team at Winston & Strawn has engineered a huge victory for a small Pacific Northwest firm against food giant Mars, Inc. in a patent battle about pet
A Travis County judge on Monday awarded $1.3 million to two Santa Fe antique dealers who lost a significant amount of their jewelry collection to consignment fraud by a La Grange woman.
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