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East Texas, a hotbed for patent infringement litigation

November 24th, 2010

Patent Infringement Attorneys East TXThroughout the last decade or so, the number of cases dealing with patent infringement has skyrocketed in East Texas. Many have come to ask why East Texas has experienced such a surge of patent infringement litigation. There are a few different factors that come into play here. The East Texas District Court has great judicial expertise on the subject, the courts are known for being plantiff-friendly, and most importantly, jurors that are usually predisposed to awarding the plaintiff with a large sum of money almost every time.

East Texas Patent Attorneys

For the reasons mentioned above, the East Texas area has become a haven for patent trolls and it has been called a renegade jurisdiction. In fact, the town of Marshall, Texas experienced a huge economic boom when it quickly became a hot spot for patent infringement litigation and it’s likely that very few people there are complaining about it!

From time to time you may see what appears to be a Hollywood movie scene as a big throng of high power patent attorneys in Armani suits makes their way down the city streets for court lunch break.

These patent litigation attorneys may have slicked back hair, a rolex on and a hot legal secretary mistress but make no mistake this is real life stuff and these guys make millions of dollars each year right here in our backyard in Marshall Texas. Maybe one of these patent lawyers will continue on as did John Edwards and go from attorney to politician.

One of the key factors in the popularity of East Texas patent infringement cases is the fact that there are a lot of professionals in the area who are familiar with patent law combined with the friendly courts towards patent plaintiffs. Like almost any type of litigation, it is very challenging to try a patent infringement case. It is very complex even from a legal standpoint and the work it takes to secure a patent is almost impossible for an average Joe to do. Thus, patent infringement lawyers are in high demand in the East Texas area!

VirnetX of Tyler TX wins $106 Million Dollar Lawsuit Against Microsoft

March 17th, 2010
Microsoft Patents

Microsoft

VirnetX has just won a $106 million patent infringement judgement against Microsoft. At issue? Virtual Private Networks.

A jury in the patent holder-friendly district of Tyler, Texas, has found Microsoft Corporation guilty of willful infringement on virtual private network (VPN) patents held by VirnetX, and ordered the company to pay $105.6 million in damages. Because the court found the infringement to be willful, the judge in the case could treble the damage award.

VirnetX brought the suit against Microsoft in 2007, and was originally seeking some $242 million in damages and an injunction against Microsoft’s continued use of the technology. The suit centered around two patents related to virtual private network (VPN) technology, that enables users to set up secure encrypted links between networks that are carried over an unsecure network—like the Internet—and be treated as if they were a member of a local secure-and-trusted network. The patents in question were originally developed by SAIC as part of work the company did for the Central Intelligence Agency; SAIC transferred the patents to VirnetX in 2006 in exchange for a share of royalties VirnetX generated from licensing the technology.

Microsoft is expected to appeal the ruling, and previously said that it believes that its VPN technology was developed independently does not infringe on VirnetX’s patents.

If the penalty holds, it’ll mark the second recent significant infringement loss for Microsoft: last year, jurors awarded some $290 million to i4i for Microsoft Office infringing on patents covering custom XML technology, and Microsoft has been forced to remove the technology from Microsoft Office while appealing the case. (So far, that isn’t going well.)