Schei et al v. AT&T Inc. et al

  1. April 16, 2025

    AT&T Gets $450M 'Twinning' Patent Suit Tossed Again

    A New York federal judge has held that it is only fitting that she rule twice on a motion to dismiss a $450 million patent lawsuit against AT&T over so-called twinning phone technology, deciding yet again that the patent is not inventive enough to be worth anything.

  2. July 26, 2022

    Patent Co. Says AT&T Can't Ax $450M Number-Sharing IP Row

    Patent-holding company Network Apps has urged a New York federal judge to rebuff AT&T's bid to escape infringement litigation over phone number-sharing technology, saying the telecommunications giant is oversimplifying the claimed invention.

  3. June 27, 2022

    AT&T Says $450M Phone Sharing IP Suit Is 6 Years Too Late

    AT&T Inc. has urged a New York federal judge to reject a patent-holding company's $450 million infringement suit over phone number sharing technology, arguing that the suit is too stale and that the patent covers nothing more than an abstract idea.

  4. March 30, 2022

    AT&T Can't DQ Ex-BigLaw Attys From $450M IP Case

    A New York federal judge on Wednesday refused to bar a former Baker Botts LLP lawyer and two former Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP attorneys from working on a $450 million patent case against AT&T.

  5. August 02, 2021

    Tech Co. Fights AT&T Bid To Disqualify Its Ex-BigLaw Attys

    AT&T can't stop a former Baker Botts LLP lawyer and two ex-Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP attorneys from working on a $450 million patent case against it just because they provided it legal services years before the disputed patent was ever crafted, a New York federal court heard.

  6. June 30, 2021

    AT&T Wants Ex-BigLaw Attys DQ'd From $450M Patent Case

    AT&T on Tuesday asked a New York federal court to disqualify a former Baker Botts attorney and two former Akin Gump attorneys from representing a company that hit the telecom giant with a $450 million patent infringement suit, arguing that the lawyers previously provided extensive legal services for AT&T.