Martin C. Robson, III

Staff Attorney

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Mr. Robson is a staff attorney at McKool Smith.  His practice focuses on commercial litigation and intellectual property matters.

While a student at John Marshall, Martin was a judicial intern to the Honorable Blanch Manning, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois and to the Honorable Susan Fleming, Circuit Court of Cook County, Law Division. He was also Executive Editor of the Journal of Computer and Information Law, and authored “Spinning a Seamless Web: Reevaluating Liability for Computer Network Operators in a New Era of Copyright Infringement.”

Representative Matters

Autobytel, Inc.  Represented Plaintiff Autobytel, Inc. in an e-commerce patent suit involving automobile sales over the internet.  The case settled favorably for Autobytel after jury selection.

MediaTek, Inc.  Represented MediaTek in patent lawsuits against Sanyo and Matsushita involving semiconductors and consumer electronics products.  

Holly Oil Corporation.  Represented Holly in a breach of contract dispute that resulted from a failed merger with Frontier Oil.  The case was tried in the Deleware Chancery Court resulting in Holly being absolved of all wrong doing. 

Raindance Communications, Inc.  Represented Raindance in a patent infringement case involving web conferencing technology.

American Airlines, Northwest Airlines, Korean Airlines.  Represented a number of domestic and international airlines in a patent infringement case in the Eastern District of Texas.  The plaintiff stipulated to non-infringement following a favorable claim construction ruling.

Professional Activities

Dallas Association of Young Lawyers