August 11, 2021
Four months after Judge Alan Albright issued case-ending sanctions against True Chemical Solutions for its misconduct in patent litigation, the company reached a settlement that will let it dodge a damages jury trial set to start Thursday.
August 05, 2021
A Texas jury will decide next week how much Apple owes for infringing standard-essential 4G wireless patents after the smartphone giant successfully wiped out a $506 million damages verdict that U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap said he had "serious doubt" about. Here's a look at that case — plus all the other major intellectual property matters on deck in the coming week.
June 29, 2021
True Chemical Solutions has urged U.S. District Judge Alan Albright to let it argue that Performance Chemical Co.'s patents tied to oil and gas delivery trailers are invalid, even if discovery misconduct doomed the company's infringement defenses.
June 15, 2021
An oilfield chemical company that got Western District of Texas Judge Alan D. Albright to impose sanctions on a rival for concealing evidence of infringement asked the judge Monday to award it $17 million, instead of holding a damages trial.
May 24, 2021
U.S. District Judge Alan Albright on Friday permanently enjoined True Chemical Solutions from infringing Performance Chemical Co.'s oil and gas delivery trailer patents as punishment for concealing evidence that it installed automation technology in its trailers, and scheduled a damages trial for July.
April 06, 2021
U.S. District Judge Alan Albright found True Chemical Solutions liable Tuesday for willfully infringing oil and gas delivery trailer patents as punishment for misconduct that came to light on the eve of trial.
March 26, 2021
U.S. District Judge Alan Albright on Friday pushed back his third-ever patent jury trial after allegations arose that True Chemical Solutions and its attorneys withheld vital information from a rival oil and gas chemical company whose patents it's accused of infringing.