DALLAS, May 26, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Attorneys from
the Dallas law firm Sayles Werbner
have won a U.S. Supreme Court ruling for client Commil USA in one of the highest-profile patent
infringement cases to reach the nation's highest court in
years.
Firm attorneys Richard A. "Dick" Sayles, Mark. S. Werbner, Mark
D. Strachan and Darren Nicholson represent Texas-based Commil in the long-running lawsuit
against computer networking giant Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:
CSCO). The Sayles Werbner team argued the case before the Supreme
Court on March 31.
"Today's ruling means Cisco and other companies can't avoid
infringement liability simply by arguing that they didn't think a
patent was valid," says Sayles.
In 2011, Sayles Werbner won a $74
million patent infringement judgment for Commil after jurors
in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas found that Cisco infringed U.S. Patent
No. 6,430,395, which is used in wireless-transmission
technology.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated the
judgment based on Cisco's argument that it had a good faith belief
that the contested patent was invalid. The controversial Federal
Circuit ruling was criticized for creating a new patent
infringement defense that had no basis in law and conflicted with
the U.S. Patent Act.
"We are pleased with the Supreme Court's ruling, which protects
patent owners against those who induce infringement of their
patents," says Werbner. "This decision restores the common-sense
notion that patents approved by the U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office are presumed valid."
In addition to Sayles Werbner, Commil is represented by
attorneys Leslie V. Payne,
Nathan J. Davis and Miranda Y. Jones from Houston's Heim, Payne & Chorush. The
related cases are Commil USA
LLC v. Cisco Systems Inc., No. 13-896, and Cisco Systems
Inc. v. Commil USA LLC, No.
13-1044.
Sayles Werbner has an international reputation as a "go to"
trial law firm in multifaceted business litigation,intellectual
property, patent litigation, life-altering personal injury cases,
product safety lawsuits and other areas of the law. More
information about the firm can be found at
http://www.swtriallaw.com.
For more information on Sayles Werbner's win at the U.S.
Supreme Court, contact Bruce Vincent
at 800-559-4534 or
bruce@androvett.com.
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