San Francisco / Dallas / Houston / Marshall / Longview / Sherman / Winchester / Hollywood / San Jose / Boston / New York / Los Angeles / /
Company
EchoStar Communications / Tyco International Ltd. / Dell Inc. / Merchant Money Tree Inc. / Analog Devices Inc. / The DirecTV Group Inc. / Hyperion Solutions Corporation / Nissan / Fish / WG Security Products Inc. / Brown McCarroll / Alcatel-Lucent / Reach Financial LLC / Microsoft Corporation / Defendants / McKool Smith / Parker / Bunt & Ainsworth / Teleflex Inc. / Hybrid Patents Inc. / Forgent Networks Inc. / TiVo Inc. / Boston Scientific Corporation / Northrop Grumman Corporation / KSR International Co. / eBay Inc. / Macy's / Texas Instruments Incorporated / Irving's Courtroom Sciences Inc. / Intel Corporation / 2004 Sensormatic Electronics Corporation / Time Warner Inc. / Ireland / Carroll & Kelley / Finisar Corporation / MercExchange L.L.C. / EAS Sensorsense Inc. / Sensormatic Electronics Corporation / OutlookSoft Corporation / AdvanceMe Inc. / Charter Communications Inc. / /
Currency
USD / /
Event
Judicial Event / Legal Issues / /
Facility
University of Houston / Marshall-based facility / Residence Inn / Comfort Suites hotel / bar Microsoft / OS2 Restaurant / Marshall courthouse / /
Holiday
Christmas / /
IndustryTerm
insurance defense cases / start-up security products manufacturers / oil / satellite television set-top boxes / speed data networks / television recording technology / case involving antipiracy software / oil and gas production / /
Movie
Hands on a Hard Body / /
OperatingSystem
Microsoft Windows / /
Organization
Bureau of the Census / Waters Law Office in Louisville / Patent and Trademark Office / House of Representatives / Senate / U.S. Supreme Court / University of Houston / Congress / /
Person
Victor Savikas / Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale / M. Craig Tyler / Morgan Chu / Mark Matuschak / Brian Buss / Paul Janicke / Jones Day / T. John Ward / Douglas Green / Leonard Davis / Antonin Scalia / Sam Baxter / John Pickett / Alston / Charles Barquist / Fred Hagans / Alan Holcomb / David Folsom / Matthew Zinn / Rachel Krevans / George Speckart / John Desmarais / Jack Daniels / Thomas Walsh / Harold McElhinny / Jeffrey Blum / Otis Carroll / Floyd Nation / Michael Smith / Joe Redden / Jr. / Ronald Clark / Willem Schuurman / William Fred Hagans / /
Position
strong local trial lawyer / lead counsel / corporate representative / law professor / court judge / jury foreman / attorney in the Marshall office / state district court judge / unofficial president / local lawyer / lead lawyer / counsel / federal district court judge / glad-handing district attorney / defense counsel / local attorney / general counsel / market leader / jury consultant / boat salesman / local counsel / associate general counsel / judge / Lawyer / 54-year-old boat salesman / /
Product
Microsoft Corporation Portable Audio Device / /
ProvinceOrState
California / Texas / Harrison County / /
Region
East Texas / /
Technology
television recording technology / z4 Technologies / satellite television / cable modems / /
Taming Texas It took six years, but the IP defense bar finally broke the runaway juries of the Lone Star State. By Nate Raymond The American Lawyer March 1, 2008