Settlements

Hybrid Patents, Inc. vs. Comcast Corp., et al.

C.A. No. 2:06cv292; In the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division

Client: Hybrid Patents Inc.
Issue: Patent Infringment
Opposing Counsel: John Desmarais Kirkland & Ellis L.L.P.

Scientific Drilling International Inc. and Applied Technologies Associates, Inc.
vs. Gyrodata Corporation

C.A. No. 97-3506; In the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division

Client: Scientific Drilling International Inc. and Applied Technologies Associates, Inc.
Issue: Patent Infringment
Opposing Counsel: Tom Fulkerson

ENSCO International, Inc. and ENSCO Offshore Company
vs. GustoMSC Inc. and Atlantia Offshore Limited

C.A. No. H-06-4048; In the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division

Client: ENSCO International Inc. and ENSCO Offshore Company
Issue: Copyright Infringment and Breach of Contract
Opposing Counsel: Elliot Brown Irell and Manella L.L.P.

Celanese International Corporation vs. Oxyde Chemicals, Inc.

C.A. No. 4:07cv02981; In the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division

Client: Oxyde Chemicals, Inc.
Issue: Patent Infringment
Opposing Counsel: Alan Popkin Husch Blackwell Sanders L.L.P.

Smith International, Inc. vs. Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.

C.A. No. H-03-1583; In the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas; Houston Division
(Hon. Vanessa D. Gilmore)

Client: Smith International
Issue: Patent Infringment
Opposing Counsel: Eric Buether, Christopher Joe Greenberg Traurig, L.L.P.
Result: Global settlement of all cases between Smith and Halliburton immediately before trial scheduled to begin.

Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. vs. Smith International, Inc.

C.A. No. 4:02cv269; In the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (Hon. Leonard Davis)

Client: Smith International
Issue: Patent Infringment
Opposing Counsel: Eric Buether, Eric Tautfest, Todd Landis, and Christopher Joe Godwin Gruber
Mike Jones Potter Minton PC
Trial Result: Judgment for Halliburton
Appeal Result: Global settlement of all cases between Smith and Halliburton while appeal pending.

Smith International, Inc. vs. Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.

C.A. No. 6:05cv93; In the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas; Tyler Division
(Hon. Leonard Davis)

Client: Smith International
Issue: Patent Infringment
Opposing Counsel: Eric Buether, Christopher Joe Godwin Gruber
Mike Jones Potter Minton PC
Result: Global settlement of all cases between Smith and Halliburton immediately before trial scheduled to begin.

Carl B. Collins and Farzin Davanloo vs. The Gillete Company

C.A. No. 2:04cv38; In the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

Client: The Gillete Company
Issue: Patent Infringment
Opposing Counsel: William B. Dawson Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.