December 01, 2023
A Texas federal judge has shot down Magema Technology's bid for a new trial after a jury ruled in July that Phillips 66 did not infringe its oil refinery patents, finding that enough evidence was presented for the jury to make a reasonable judgment.
July 06, 2023
A federal jury said Thursday that Phillips 66 doesn't have to pay any royalty damages to a Houston company, finding after nearly 10 hours of deliberations that the energy giant didn't swipe the technology for use at two of its refineries.
July 05, 2023
After nearly a weeklong trial and five and a half hours of deliberating Wednesday, a Texas federal jury hadn't yet come to a conclusion as to whether Phillips 66 infringed a Houston company's patents for a process used to refine marine fuel.
June 27, 2023
The creator of an oil refining process was pressed by Phillips 66 on Tuesday about why he didn't react more strongly when he thought the energy giant was infringing his patent, testifying for four hours during the second day of a Houston trial over technology for low sulfur marine fuel.
June 26, 2023
A Houston company that holds two patents for technology used to refine oil for marine fuel told a federal jury Monday during opening statements that Phillips 66 "ghosted" the technology's inventors once it learned enough to implement their method, going on to make a profit of $115 million in three years.
September 04, 2020
Phillips 66 told a federal judge in Texas that he should not only find the company hasn't infringed four patents for technology that refines oil for marine fuel but should declare those patents invalid as well.
July 14, 2020
Phillips 66 is facing a suit in Texas federal court that accuses the company of ripping off patent-protected technology for refining oil for marine fuel, with the patent holder alleging Phillips employs a practice of "efficient infringement" of intellectual property.