September 03, 2014
A Nebraska federal judge on Tuesday sided with so-called patent trolls Activision TV Inc. and MPHJ Technology Investments LLC in a case over patent enforcement letters, ruling the state's attorney general had violated their choice of attorneys' rights, and entering a limited injunction against efforts to block their enforcement activity.
January 15, 2014
A federal judge ruled Tuesday that Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning cannot prevent the law firm Farney Daniels PC from representing a company Bruning has branded a patent troll during an investigation into the company's operations.
November 12, 2013
A company accused by Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning of being a patent troll sued Bruning on Friday in federal court, claiming that he has violated the company's right to assert its patents by barring its attorneys from sending licensing demand letters.
October 09, 2013
Farney Daniels PC on Tuesday told a Nebraska federal judge the state attorney general should not be allowed to stop the firm from sending infringement notices on behalf of a patent licensing company, citing the court's recent ruling that such a ban violated another patent owner's rights.
October 01, 2013
A Nebraska federal judge ruled Monday that the state attorney general could not halt Farney Daniels PC from taking patent enforcement actions against alleged infringers in Nebraska, ruling a cease-and-desist order from the AG violated the rights of a flat-panel display manufacturer looking to hire the firm.
September 20, 2013
Farney Daniels PC, the law firm being investigated by the Nebraska Attorney General for allegedly inciting litigation by so-called patent trolls, won some temporary relief Thursday as a Nebraska federal judge ruled it can continue representing Activision TV Inc. while the investigation is proceeding.
September 11, 2013
Nebraska's attorney general asked a federal court Tuesday to throw out a suit claiming that he violated the constitutional rights of the law firm Farney Daniels PC when he ordered it to stop filing patent suits while the state investigates the firm's representation of so-called patent trolls.
August 28, 2013
A company seeking to hire Farney Daniels PC to represent it in a patent case has asked a federal judge to prevent Nebraska's attorney general from enforcing an order barring the firm from filing patent suits while the state investigates its representation of so-called patent trolls.