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Significant Cases and Appeals

(By attorneys of the firm while at Baker Botts L.L.P.)
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Exxon Corporation and Exxon Chemical Patents, Inc.
vs. Mobil Oil Corporation and Mobil Chemical Company, Inc.

No. H-96-3795; In the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas; Houston Division
(Hon. Kenneth M. Hoyt) (1998)

Appeal: Exxon and Mobil merged while appeal was pending, rendering judgment moot.
Issue: Patent Infringment
Client: Exxon
Opposing Counsel: Dan Hedges Porter & Hedges
Greg Maag Conley, Rose & Tanyon
Patrick Coyne Collier, Shannon, Rill & Scott
Result: Win: Patent valid and infringed and damages

Exxon Corporation vs. Oxxford Clothes, Inc., et al.

No. 94-3528; In the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas; Houston Division
(Hon. John D. Rainey) (1996)

Issue: Trademark
Client: Esson
Opposing Counsel: Steve Rosenblatt Rosenblatt & Redano
Thomas Harvey, Jr. and Alexander Alston, Jr. Alston, Rutherford & Van Slyke
Result: Affirmed Per Curium, June 14, 2004

Exxon Corporation (Plaintiff-Appellee)
vs. Oxxford Clothes, Inc. and Oxxford Clothes XX, Inc. (Defendants-Appellants)

No. 96-20398; 96-20520; In the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. (1997)

Appeal: Summary Judgment for Exxon Corporation
Issue: Trademark
Client: Exxon
Opposing Counsel: Alex A. Alston, Jr., Terryl Kinbrell
Rushing, Alston, Rutherford & Van Slyke
Thomas C. Harvey
Steve W. Rosenblatt Rosenblatt & Redano
Result: Affirmed, (109 F .3d 1070, writ refused 522 U.S. 915; 118 S.Ct. 299)

Exxon Chemical Patents, Inc. vs. The Lubrizol Corporation

No. 89-3203; In the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas; Houston Division
(Chief Judge Norman Black) (1992)

Client: Exxon
Issue: Patent Infringment (Liability Issues)
Opposing Counsel: Jones, Day, Reavis, & Pogue
Result: Win: Jury verdict finding patent valid and willfully infringed by Lubrizol.

Exxon Chemical Patents, Inc. vs. The Lubrizol Corporation

No. 89-3203; In the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas; Houston Division (Chief Judge Norman Black) (1992); 1993 WL 268680, 26 USPQ 2d 1871 (S.D. Tex 1993)

Client: Exxon
Issue: Patent Infringment (Damages Issues)
Opposing Counsel: Bracewell & Patterson
Result: Win: Jury verdict finding damages due Exxon.
Related Publications: The American Lawyer, June 1994: Losing it for Lubrizol

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