August 14, 2024
A Texas federal judge has ordered litigation firm VDPP LLC and its counsel, Texas attorney William Ramey III of Ramey LLP, to pay Volkswagen $207,543 in fees stemming from a now-dismissed patent case after determining a fee multiplier that applies to "exceptional" cases was appropriate due to the suit's "obvious lack of merit."
July 12, 2024
A federal judge in Houston has said a lawyer behind over 700 patent lawsuits over the past three years is personally liable to pay Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner LLP's fees over his "sloppy" and "offensive" case against Volkswagen.
March 28, 2024
A federal judge in Houston has tossed a lawsuit brought by a prolific patent litigator on behalf of VDPP LLC, holding that the patent covering 3D glasses had expired before the complaint was anywhere near a courthouse.