CTD Networks, LLC v. Microsoft Corporation

  1. January 13, 2025

    Microsoft, Patent Firm Ramey Lose Dueling Sanctions Bids

    A Texas federal judge denied dueling sanctions motions Monday in a post-litigation spat between Microsoft and prolific patent firm Ramey LLP, holding that neither party met the standard to win disciplinary fees from the other.

  2. July 18, 2024

    Texas IP Firm Fights Microsoft With Dueling Sanctions Bid

    Prolific patent litigator Bill Ramey has pushed back against Microsoft's bid to sanction his law firm in Texas federal court, filing his own sanctions motion that claims the tech giant and its attorney "gleefully" filed an improper declaration in the case to defame him and his firm.

  3. June 17, 2024

    Microsoft Renews Sanctions Bid Against Texas IP Law Firm

    Microsoft asked a Texas federal court Friday to order Ramey LLP to pay its $100,000 attorneys' fees tab for "vexatiously" pursuing infringement litigation against it, even when the patent plaintiffs firm's now-former client CTD Networks LLC called for it to end.

  4. October 24, 2023

    IP Firm Fights Microsoft Bid For Sanctions, Atty Fees

    Ramey LLP has urged a Texas federal judge to deny Microsoft's motion for attorney fees and sanctions against the firm, claiming that the patent infringement case was not exceptional and Microsoft failed to show that the claims were meritless.

  5. September 20, 2023

    Microsoft Wants Patent Firm Sanctioned Over 'Baseless' Suit

    Microsoft Corp. asked a Texas federal judge Tuesday to sanction "prolific" patent plaintiffs firm Ramey LLP and order it to pay attorneys' fees for refusing to drop a "baseless" lawsuit on behalf of CTD Networks LLC, despite knowing the suit had "no hope of succeeding on the merits."

  6. August 23, 2023

    WDTX Judge Clears 4 Tech Giants In Network Patent Cases

    Western District of Texas Judge Xavier Rodriguez has ruled in separate cases that Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Cisco do not infringe four network security patents that a company called CTD Networks LLC has asserted against a wide swath of the tech industry.

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