Notable Settlements

Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP vs. BJ Services Company vs. Phillips Petroleum Company

No. C-02-299; In the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas (Hon. Janis Graham Jack)

Client:	Shell Exploration & Production Company
Issue:	Patent Infringment
Opposing Counsel:	Jonathan T. Suder Friedman, Suder & Cooke Edward E. Goldstein Goldstein & Faucett, L.L.P.

Montell North America, Inc. vs. The Dow Chemical Co.

No. H-97-0087; In the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas (Hon. David Hittner)

Client:	Montell North America, Inc.
Issue:	Patent Infringment
Opposing Counsel:	Eric Nichols Beck, Redden, & Secrest Harry Roper and Raymond Nimrod Roper & Quigg

Chantal Cookware Corp. and Heida Thurlow vs. Vitrex Gourmet Group and Tabletops Unlimited, Inc.

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Issue:
Opposing Counsel:

Loewenthal vs. PGS Ocean Bottom Seismic, Inc.

C.A. No. H-99-1886 ; In the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas (Hon. David Hittner)

Client:	Shell Oil Company; Shell Chemical Company; CRI Catalyst Company
Issue:	Patent Infringment
Opposing Counsel:	Lee Kaplan Smyser, Kaplan & Veselka L.L.P.

B.C. Hall vs. Maple Chase Co. and Siebe Envt'l Controls

No. 9:99 CV 146; In the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (Chief Judge John Hannah Jr.)

Client:	B.C. Hall
Issue:	Patent Infringment
Opposing Counsel:	James Repass Fulbright & Jaworski

Serge A. Scherbotsky, Jr., et al. vs. Halliburton Company

No. 96-2552; In the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas; Houston Division
(Hon. Lynn N. Hughes)

Client:	Serge A. Scherbotsky, Jr.
Issue:	Patent Infringment
Opposing Counsel:	William LaFuze Vinson & Elkins