Significant Jury Verdicts

BJ Services Company vs. Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.

No. H-00-0948; In the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas (Hon. Sim Lake)

Client: BJ Services Company
Issue: Patent Infringment
Opposing Counsel: Phil Beck and Chris Lind
Bartlit, Beck, Herman, Palenchar & Scott
Trial Result: Win. Jury Verdict and Judgment for Damages and Permanent Injunction for BJ Services Company
Appeal Result: Affirmed by the Federal Circuit - Aug. 6, 2003
Rehearing Denied - Oct. 17, 2003
U.S. Supreme Court Cert Denied - Apr. 5, 2004

Phillips Petroleum Company vs. Exxon Corporation

No. 98-638; In the United States District Court for the District of Delaware (Hon. Joseph J. Farnan, Jr.)

Client: Exxon Corporation
Issue: Patent Infringment
Opposing Counsel: Harry Roper, George Bosy and Raymond Nimrod
Roper & Quigg
Trial Result: Win. Jury Verdict finding patents not infringed.
Appeal Result: No Appeal

Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology Corp. and Union Carbide Corp.
vs. Shell Oil Company, Shell Chemicals Company and CRI Catalyst Company

Nos. 99-CV-274-SLR; In the United States District Court for the District of Delaware (Hon. Sue L. Robinson)

Client: Shell Oil Company; Shell Chemical Company; CRI Catalyst Company
Issue: Patent Infringment
Opposing Counsel: Harry Roper and Raymond Nimrod
Roper & Quigg
Trial Result: Judgment for UCC
Appeal Result: Affirmed

Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology Corp. and Union Carbide Corp.
vs. Shell Oil Company, Shell Chemicals Company and CRI Catalyst Company

Nos. 99-CV-274-SLR and 99-CV-846-SLR (consolidated); In the United States District Court for the District of Delaware
(Hon. Sue L. Robinson)

Client: Shell Oil Company; Shell Chemical Company; CRI Catalyst Company
Issue: Patent Infringment
Opposing Counsel: Steven Glassman, Benjamin Hsing and Allan Pepper
Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, L.L.P.
Trial Result: Win. Jury Verdict finding Union Carbide's three patens were invalid and were not infringed.
Appeal Result: Affirmed as to two patents and remanded with new claim construction as to the third.

Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling Inc. vs. GlobalSantaFe Corporation,
Global Marine, Inc., GlobalSantaFe Drilling Company and Global Marine Company

In the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas; Houston Division; C.A. No. H-03-2910

Client: Global SantaFe Corporation (Defendants)
Issue: Patent Infringment
Opposing Counsel: Charles Walker
Fulbright & Jaworski
Trial Result: Patents Valid
Appeal Result: No appeal; Merge of parties

Hybrid Patents, Inc. vs. Charter Communications, Inc. vs. Arris International, Inc.

In the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas; Marshall Division; CA No. 2:05cv436

Client: Hybrid Patents, Inc.
Issue: Patent Infringment
Opposing Counsel: John Desmarais
Kirkland & Ellis
Trial Result: No Infringment
Appeal Result: No appeal; Post trial settlement