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East Texas Patent Litigation, Part 3: Essentials for Victory

In this third and final part of my current series on East Texas patent litigation, I will discuss essentials for victory in Texas intellectual property (IP) trials, again, based on my exclusive interview with noted blogger and Texas lawyer Michael C. Smith. Contrary to popular impression, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of […]

By : beemlaw Feb 8, 2017 No Comment

Bar Associations, Infringement, Litigation, Patents

East Texas Patent Litigation, Part 2: How to Win!

It takes skill to win a patent case. You must marshal the evidence so judge and jury will follow you to the right conclusion. See Abraham Lincoln School of Patent Litigation. Lincoln, born in Kentucky and called to the bar in Springfield, Illinois, knew how to try a case quickly. Juries could relate to him. He was real. Abraham […]

By : beemlaw Feb 6, 2017 No Comment

Appeals, Bar Associations, Federal Circuit, General Counsel, Infringement, Litigation, Patents, Supreme Court, Validity

Why patent defendants hate East Texas (Part 1)

Why do patent defendants say such bad things about the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas? I asked this question of Michael C. Smith, the noted lawyer and blogger from Marshall, Texas. To prime the pump, I noted Texas Monthly calls his hometown “the intellectual property equivalent of a speed trap, a […]

By : beemlaw Jan 31, 2017 No Comment

Appeals, Claim Construction, Dispute Resolution, Federal Circuit, Infringement, Inter Partes Review (IPR), International, invention, Litigation, Patent Prosecution, Patent Reform, Patents, Technology, Validity

Some Kind of Patent Trial

Patent jury trials reached their zenith in the mid-1990s. The stakes remain high, though the drama has faded. Now, even if it’s called a trial, what you get is “some kind of hearing,” as Judge Henry Friendly once called it in his seminal lecture and law review article. Some kind of hearing: That’s all you can expect in […]

By : beemlaw Nov 4, 2015 No Comment

Appeals, Federal Circuit, General Counsel, Infringement, invention, Litigation, Patents, Technology

Samsung loses bid for rehearing in $500 MM patent award to Apple

In my recent blog post, I reported that Samsung, backed by Google and other tech giants, was seeking rehearing of the Federal Circuit’s decision affirming some $500 million in damages to be paid by Samsung to Apple for design patent infringement. Hundreds of breathless reporters wondered whether Samsung would succeed in

By : beemlaw Aug 13, 2015 1 Comment

Appeals, Claim Construction, Federal Circuit, History, Infringement, invention, Litigation, Patents, Technology, Validity

Why Samsung will pay half billion to Apple for design patent infringement

In a saga of epic proportions, sprawling across the globe, Apple and Samsung have been duking it out over smartphone design and features. That’s billion, with a “B” District Judge Lucy Koh of California entered judgment in favor of Apple to the tune of

By : beemlaw Jul 23, 2015 No Comment

Infringement, Litigation

Video Interview: Discussing the Patent Infringement Verdict Against Apple

In news that is making a lot of headlines, Apple was hit with a $532.9 million jury verdict for patent infringement. I had the opportunity to discuss the ruling with Colin O’Keefe of LXBN. In the interview, I explain why the ruling came in as high as it did and why this fight is far […]

By : beemlaw Mar 5, 2015 No Comment

Claim Construction, Dispute Resolution, General Counsel, Infringement, Litigation, Validity

Winning Your Patent Case

I’m a patent trial lawyer. My goal in every case is to win at trial. As for settlement, I believe in the wisdom of my fellow trial lawyers: The case you try to settle, you will try; the case you prepare to try, settles. In the end, whether we try the case or settle it, […]

By : beemlaw Jan 14, 2015 No Comment

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