Significant Appeals

BJ Services Company (Plaintiff-Appellee)
vs. Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Defendant-Appellant)

No. 02-1496; In the United States District Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Appeal:	Jury Verdict and Judgment for BJ Services
Issue:	Patent Infringment
Client:	BJ Services Company
Opposing Counsel:	Donald R. Dunner Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P. Phillip S. Beck Bartlit, Beck, Herman, Palenchar & Scott
Result:	Affirmed, 338 F.3d 1368 Cert Denied

Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Plaintiff-Appellant)
vs. Weatherford International, Inc. & BJ Services Company (Defendant-Appellee)

No. 04-1018; In the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Appeal:	Denial of Preliminary Injunction
Issue:	Patent Infringment
Client:	BJ Services Company
Opposing Counsel:	Richard Stroup, Finnegan Henderson, John Booth Crutsinger & Booth
Result:	Affirmed Per Curium, June 14, 2004

Submarine Pipeline Spoilers (U.S.A.), Inc. (Plaintiff-Appellant)
vs. Shell Exploration & Production Co. (Defendant-Appellee)

No. 03-1093,-1107; In the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Appeal:	Summary Judgment for Shell Exploration & Production Co.
Issue:	Patent Infringment
Client:	Shell Exploration & Production Co.
Opposing Counsel:	Jonathan T. Suder Friedman, Suder & Cooke
Result:	Affirmed, 2003 WL 21949843, (August 11, 2003) (Per Curium)

Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP (Plaintiff/Appellant/Cross-Appellee)
vs. BJ Services Company (Defendant/Appellee/Cross-Appellant)

Appeal:	Summary Judgment for BJ Services Company
Issue:	Patent Infringment
Client:	BJ Services Company
Opposing Counsel:	Chris Reynolds Gibbs & Bruns L.L.P.
Result:	Settled while Pending

Exxon Corporation and Exxon Chemical Patents, Inc. (Plaintiff-Appellee)
vs. Mobil Oil Corporation and Mobil Chemical Company, Inc. (Defendant-Appellant)

Appeal No. 99-1163, 1199; In the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Appeal:	Jury Verdict and Judgment for Exxon
Issue:	Patent Infringment
Client:	Exxon Corporation and Exxon Chemical
Opposing Counsel:	Donald R. Dunner, James B. Monroe, Ford F. Farabow, Jr. Michael J. Flibbert Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garret & Dunner, L.L.P. Gregory L. Maag, Conley Rose & Tanyon, P.C. Patrick J. Coyne Collier, Shannon, Rill & Scott, PLLC
Result:	Exxon and Mobil merged while appeal was pending, rendering judgment moot.

Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology Corporation and Union Carbide Corporation (Plaintiffs-Appellants) vs. Shell Oil Company, and CRI Catalyst Company (Defendants-Cross Appellants)

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; Appeal Nos. 02-1001; 02-1020

Appeal:	Jury Verdict and Judgment for Shell
Issue:	Patent Infringment
Client:	Shell Oil Company, Shell Chemical Company and CRI Catalyst Company
Opposing Counsel:	Steven J. Glassman, Benjamin C. Hsing Kaye Scholer LLP
Result:	Reversed and remanded

Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology Corporation and Union Carbide Corporation (Plaintiffs-Cross Appellants) vs. Shell Oil Company, Shell Chemical Company and CRI Catalyst Company (Defendants-Appellants)

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; Appeals Nos. 04-1475; 04-1512

Appeal:	Jury Verdict and Judgment for Shell
Issue:	Patent Infringment
Client:	Shell Oil Company, Shell Chemical Company and CRI Catalyst Company
Opposing Counsel:	Harry J. Roper Jenner & Block LLP
Trial Result:	Infringment
Appeal Result:	Affirmed by CAFC, settled while writ pending