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  • Michael French Named Texas Rising Star
    03/21/2024

    DiNovo Price LLP’s associate, Michael French, has been named a 2024 Texas Rising Star for Intellectual Property. To be eligible for inclusion in Rising Stars, a candidate must be 40 years old or younger or in practice 10 years or less. The selection process is based upon nominations from fellow attorneys and peers who were previously honored as Rising Stars and an extensive review process by Super Lawyers. 

  • DiNovo Price LLP Included Again in 2024 Best Law Firms® Rankings
    11/02/2023 | Best Lawyers

    DiNovo Price LLP has again been included in the 2024 edition of Best Law Firms®. Best Law Firms, according to the official press release, is “the oldest and most respected Purely Peer Review® research and accolades company;” and it publishes this annual, peer-reviewed guide to the legal profession worldwide. The 14th edition of the publication recognizes DiNovo Price as a Metropolitan Tier 1 firm in Litigation – Patent. The official press release is available here.
     

  • Two Lawyers from DiNovo Price LLP Recognized by Best Lawyers® in 2024
    08/17/2023 | Best Lawyers

    DiNovo Price LLP is proud to have two lawyers recognized in the 2024 editions of The Best Lawyers in America® and the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America. Best Lawyers® publishes these annual guides to the legal profession worldwide, and inclusion in these publications is based on extensive peer-reviewed surveys.

  • District Court for Western District of Texas Denies Realtek’s Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction
    11/09/2022

    DiNovo Price is pleased to announce a victory on behalf of our client Bandspeed, LLC (“Bandspeed”). On October 13, 2022, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, Austin Division, denied the motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction of defendant Realtek Semiconductor Corporation (“Realtek”), finding that plaintiff Bandspeed had “made a prima facie showing that Realtek is subject to personal jurisdiction by this court under Rule 4(k)(2) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.”
     

  • “World Of Warcraft Patent Case Settles Ahead Of Texas Trial,” Law360
    02/22/2022 | Law360

    Blizzard Entertainment said it has settled claims that popular games like World of Warcraft and Diablo infringe a Luxembourg company's patents, notifying a Texas federal court of the deal just a day before the trial was set to kick off.

  • “Blizzard Can’t Beat Networking Patent Infringement Suit,” Law360
    01/19/2022 | Law360

    A Texas federal judge denied a summary judgment bid from incoming Microsoft subsidiary Blizzard Entertainment Inc. on Wednesday, rejecting its attempt to escape a suit accusing it of infringing a networking patent.

  • DiNovo Price LLP Included Again in 2022 “Best Law Firms” Rankings; Andrew DiNovo Also Named a Top Lawyer in America for 9th Consecutive Year
    11/04/2021

    DiNovo Price LLP has again been included in the 2022 edition of U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms.” 

  • Daniel L. Schmid Named Texas Rising Star for Fifth Consecutive Year
    03/23/2021

    DiNovo Price LLP seventh-year associate Daniel Schmid has been named a 2021 Texas Rising Star for the fifth year in a row. To be eligible for inclusion in Rising Stars, a candidate must be 40 years old or younger or in practice 10 years or less. The selection process is based upon nominations from fellow attorneys and peers who were previously honored as Rising Stars and an extensive review process by Super Lawyers.

  • DiNovo Price LLP Included Again in 2021 “Best Law Firms” Rankings; Andrew DiNovo Also Named a Top Lawyer in America for 8th Consecutive Year
    11/05/2020

    DiNovo Price LLP has again been included in the 2021 edition of U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms.” Further, partner Andrew DiNovo has been selected for the 8th consecutive year to The Best Lawyers in America. 

  • “Fed. Circ. Revives Amazon Networking Suit in Texas,” Law360
    07/08/2020 | Law360

    A Federal Circuit panel on Wednesday partly rebooted a patent infringement suit against Amazon.com Inc. and Blizzard Entertainment Inc., ruling that a Texas federal judge wrongly deemed certain claims indefinite when their scope and meaning are “reasonably ascertainable by a skilled artisan.”

  • DiNovo Price LLP Included Again in 2020 “Best Law Firms” Rankings; Andrew DiNovo Also Named “Lawyer of the Year”
    11/01/2019

    DiNovo Price LLP has again been included in the 2020 edition of U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms.”

  • “Samsung Loses Bid To Sink $5.9M Data-Transfer IP Verdict,” Law360
    09/03/2019 | Law360

    Samsung can't throw out a jury's $5.9 million infringement verdict over claims its tablets and smartphones infringe a German company's patent on data transfers, a Texas federal judge ruled, saying there's substantial evidence to support the jury's finding and that courts should be "especially deferential" to a jury's verdict.

  • "Samsung Infringed Licensing Co.’s Patent, Owes $5.9M," Law360
    11/07/2018

    An Eastern District of Texas jury has slapped Samsung with a $5.9 million verdict, finding it infringed two claims of German intellectual property licensing company Papst’s patent covering data transfers that occur in smartphones and tablets.

  • "ZTE Settles in Multi-Defendant Cellphone Patent Suit," Law360
    01/03/2018

    Chinese telecom company ZTE Corp. is settling in a consolidated IP suit from a licensing company that also accuses Apple, Motorola and other mobile heavyweights of infringing on data transfer patents, according to dismissal papers filed in Texas federal court on Wednesday.

  • "Huawei Reaches Deal to Settle E-Watch Phone Patent Suit," Law360
    01/27/2017 | Law360

    A Texas federal judge signed off Friday on a confidential settlement that resolves allegations China-based telecom giant Huawei infringed e-Watch Inc. patents covering cellphone camera technology.

  • "Apple Latest to Settle E-Watch's Camera Phone Patent Row," Law360
    01/20/2017 | Law360

    Apple Inc. has become the latest technology giant to reach a settlement ending e-Watch Inc.’s claims that the company is infringing two patents related to cellphone camera technology, according to a document filed in Texas federal court on Friday.

  • DiNovo Price Obtains Denial of Qualcomm’s Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings Asserting License and Release Arising from Acquisition of CSR plc
    07/01/2016

    DiNovo Price is pleased to announce a victory on behalf of our client Bandspeed, Inc. (“Bandspeed”). On June 26, 2016, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, Austin Division, denied the motion for judgment on the pleadings of Qualcomm, Inc, Qualcomm Atheros, Inc., and Qualcomm Innovations Center, Inc. (“Qualcomm”), which asserted that the acquisition of CSR plc by Qualcomm Global Trading Pte. entitled Qualcomm to the benefit of Bandspeed’s previous license agreement with Cambridge Silicon Radio Limited. The court denied the motion, finding “a dispute exists on the face of the pleadings as to the factual relationship between [Qualcomm] and Cambridge Silicon Radio Limited, and the court will not take judicial notice of any facts that would connect [Qualcomm] to Cambridge Silicon Radio Limited.” 

  • "Mercedes Settles Wireless Communications Patent Suit," Law360
    05/15/2014 | Law360

    Mercedes-Benz USA LLC has agreed to settle a patent infringement action brought by Norman IP Holdings LLC over five wireless communications patents directed to the internal operations of microprocessors or chipsets, according to documents filed Wednesday in Texas federal court.