March 31, 2015
A Texas federal judge on Tuesday disqualified counsel of an Acacia Research Group subsidiary and tossed its patent suit against Schlumberger Ltd., ruling that the oilfield services company's former in-house lawyer shared confidential information with her current employer Acacia and its legal team.
September 08, 2014
A unit of Acacia Research Group told a Texas federal judge on Friday Schlumberger Ltd. concocted a baseless conflict of interest allegation against the oilfield services giant's former chief intellectual property attorney in an effort to escape patent litigation.
August 18, 2014
Schlumberger Ltd. has told a Texas federal judge that a conflict of interest created by its former chief intellectual property attorney has poisoned a patent infringement suit filed by a subsidiary of Acacia Research Group, saying the case must be thrown out.