March 07, 2023
U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap ruled, for the second time, that a banking software company has no reason to expect a patent suit from a San Antonio bank that has racked up multimillion-dollar verdicts against Wells Fargo and PNC, dismissing a declaratory judgment action because "no serious fisherman tries to catch the quarter-pound bream when the 11-pound bass is in the same lake."
January 20, 2023
PNC Bank says that a $218.5 million verdict the banking giant lost last year in Texas federal court "cannot stand" after a Patent Trial and Appeal Board ruling gutted claims in one of the patents that had gone in front of the jury.
August 04, 2022
Software company Mitek told Judge Rodney Gilstrap Wednesday it believes it could be the next target of a mobile check deposit patent suit from USAA, which has already racked up $500 million in verdicts against its customers, while USAA said there's no evidence it plans to sue Mitek.