January 18, 2018
An oil well technology patent case where passions once ran high enough to prompt defendant BlueStone Natural Resources II LLC to quote a Rudyard Kipling poem was not so exceptionally weak as to merit attorneys' fees for the company, a Texas federal judge ruled Thursday.
August 29, 2017
Haynes and Boone LLP attorneys for BlueStone Natural Resources II LLC quoted a Rudyard Kipling poem about paying Vikings a ransom as they sought to dodge sanctions in a Texas patent dispute, saying their opponent was merely irritated that their client had turned down a settlement.