Patents Litigation Experience
07-14-2011
Key Energy Services, Inc. v. C.C. Forbes, LLC et al., No. 2:08-cv-346, filed September 11, 2008, in the United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas. (Patent Nos. 6,079,490 and 7,006,920, relating to mobile well-servicing rigs) Tim's client Petron was dismissed May 10, 2011, and the Court dismissed the case July 14, 2011.
04-25-2011
Motion To Strike Supposed Technical Expert - View PDF
03-31-2011
Response To Motion To Strike Patent Law Experts Report - View PDF
02-11-2011
Valvtechnologies, Inc. v. Robert B. North And Northmonte Limited, Inc., No. 4:10-cv-03943, filed October 20, 2010, in the United States District Court, Southern District of Texas. (Patent Nos. 6,117,493; 6,326,582; and 6,582,126, relating to bearing surfaces having overlays of a hybrid matrix of tungsten, carbon and steel). The Court granted a preliminary injunction to Tim's client on February 11, 2011, and the parties subsequently settled.
03-25-2009
Clock Spring, L.P. v. WrapMaster, Inc., et al., No. 4:05-cv-82, filed January 10, 2005, in the United States District Court, Southern District of Texas. (Patent No. 5,632,307, relating to methods for using a high tensile strength reinforcement to repair surface defects in a pipe.)
08-27-2007
Andritz-Ruthner, Inc. v. Jon N. Orr, Schwing America, Inc., and Schwing Bioset Inc., No. 4:06-cv-00586, filed May 4, 2006, in the United States District Court, Southern District of Texas. (Patent No. 6,470,595, relating to methods for continuously drying protein-containing sludge.)
12-07-2006
Bernardo Footwear, LLC v. Brown Shoe, J & A Shoe Co., Payless Shoe Source, Inc., and White House | Black Market, Inc., No. 4:06-cv-01613, filed May 11, 2006, in the United States District Court, Southern District of Texas. (Patent No. D513,447, which is a design patent on a woman's sandal).
03-21-2006
Neutrino Development Corporation v. SonoSite, Inc., No. H-01-2484, filed July 24, 2001, in the United States District Court, Southern District of Texas. (Patent relating to an ultrasonic diagnostic medical device. 423 F. Supp. 2d 673; 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 23316.)
05-07-2001
Valvtechnologies v. Commissioner of the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, No. 00-1470, filed June 12, 2000, in the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals. (Relief valve.)
10-01-2000
Columbiana Boiler Company v. DuPont, No. 1:00CV-906, filed April 7, 2000, in the United States District Court, Northern District of Ohio. (This case involved large chemical tanks.)
11-24-1999
Sun Drilling Products Corp., v. Alpine Mud Products Corp., No. 99-2337, filed 6-21-99 in the United States District Court, Southern District of Texas, Houston Division (Patent No. 5,114,598: "Method of Making Drilling Fluid Containing Asphaltite in a Dispersed State")
08-01-1996
Androphy v. Biomet Inc., No. H-94-2463, filed 7-20-94 in the United States District Court, Southern District of Texas, Houston Division (Patent No. 4,567,885: Triplanar Knee Resection System)
05-01-1996
Novagene v. Syntro Corp., No. H-94-1292, filed 4-22-94 in the United States District Court, Southern District of Texas, Houston Division (Patent No. 4,514,497: "Modified Live Pseudorabies Viruses", and Patent No. 4,609,548: "Vaccines For Pseudorabies Disease and Methods For Use of Same")
09-01-1995
Zimmermann & Jansen, Inc., v. Acutus Industries, No. 95-71768, filed 4-28-95 in the United States District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, Southern Division (Patent No. 4,292,993: "Closure Plate For Hot Blast Slide Valves")
03-01-1994
Androphy v. Zimmer, Inc., No. H-92-1289, filed 3-24-92, in the United States District Court, Southern District of Texas, Houston Division (Patent No. 4,567,885: "Triplanar Knee Resection System")
06-01-1991
Hydril v. Blose, Civil Action No. H-89-2780, filed 8-18-89 in the United States District Court, Southern District of Texas, Houston Division (Patent No. Re. 30,647: "Tubular Connection")