Education

J.D., cum laude, University of Houston Law Center, 2002. Order of the Barons. Articles Editor, Houston Law Review.
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Rice University, 1997.
B.S., magna cum laude , Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1995.

Court Admissions

State of Texas
The U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Bar Admissions

American Bar Association
Dallas Bar Association

Scott W. Hejny

Associate

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Scott Hejny is an Associate in the Dallas office of McKool Smith with a practice concentrating on intellectual property litigation.

Mr. Hejny has experience representing both plaintiffs and defendants in a wide variety of intellectual property disputes, including cases involving electrical, chemical, mechanical, and pharmaceutical technologies. Mr. Hejny is a registered patent attorney.

Before earning his law degree, Mr. Hejny worked as a Patent Agent for a Houston law firm. While there, he drafted and prosecuted numerous patent applications in the electrical and mechanical arts. Mr. Hejny has also worked as a design engineer for a major oilfield services company.

Representative Matters

Halliburton Energy Services Inc. Represents Halliburton as plaintiff in a patent infringement suit against BJ Services Company in the Eastern District of Texas.

EDS. Represents EDS in a patent infringement case in the Eastern District of Texas involving image-based check processing.

i2 Technologies v. Oracle. Currently represents i2 Technologies as plaintiff in a patent infringement suit against Oracle.

i2 Technologies v. SAP. Represented i2 Technologies as plaintiff against SAP asserting infringement of seven patents. SAP settled shortly after the Markman hearing.

Freescale Semiconductor. Represented Freescale Semiconductor against LSI Corporation in patent infringement litigation before the International Trade Commission and in the Eastern District of Texas.

US Synthetic Corporation and Halliburton Energy Services Inc. Represented US Synthetic and Halliburton against patent infringement claims filed by ReedHycalog based on four patents related to leached diamond drill-bit cutting elements. The case settled favorably shortly after the pretrial conference.

Varel International Industries, LP. Represented Varel against patent infringement claims filed by ReedHycalog based on based on four patents related to leached diamond drill-bit cutting elements.

Kyocera. Represented Kyocera in several patent cases concerning wireless communications technology.

Nortel Networks. Represented Nortel Networks in patent infringement litigation related to telecommunications software and hardware.

Professional Activities

American Intellectual Property Law Association; Director, Intellectual Property Section of the Dallas Bar Association

Awards & Recognition

Named a Texas Super Lawyers Rising Star in 2008, 2009, and 2010.