Eastern District federal jury says mobile device supplier infringed smartphone patents MARSHALL, Texas – A jury in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in Marshall has ordered the fourth-largest supplier of mobile devices in the U.S. to pay $31.5 million for infringing two technology patents owned by DataQuill Ltd. China-based ZTE Corp., which…
read moreLONGVIEW, Texas – Ward & Smith, one of East Texas’ leading trial law firms, is adding longtime firm partner Wesley Hill to the firm name. Ward & Smith Law Firm is now Ward, Smith & Hill, PLLC. Mr. Hill has been a partner at the Longview-based firm since 2009, trying almost a dozen of his more than 20…
read moreFederal jury finds Smartflash patents valid TYLER, Texas – A jury in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas has awarded Tyler, Texas-based Smartflash LLC a $532.9 million verdict after finding that technology giant Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) infringed a series of Smartflash patents in order to produce and sell Apple’s popular iTunes software. The trial…
read moreTexas jury issues multimillion-dollar decision against Samsung over Bluetooth patents MARSHALL, Texas – Attorney T. John “Johnny” Ward Jr. of East Texas-based Ward & Smith recently helped firm client Rembrandt Wireless Technologies LP win a $15.7 million patent infringement verdict following a courtroom battle over two patents that cover the same Bluetooth technology commonly found in…
read moreLONGVIEW, Texas – Former federal Judge T. John Ward of Ward & Smith and other members of the trial team that won a resounding $175 million verdict in a lawsuit over a defective guardrail system are being highlighted by The American Lawyer magazine and Texas Lawyer newspaper for their roles in the milestone case. In “Jury Delivers…
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