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McKool Smith announced that litigation star Ryan McBeth has joined the firm as a Principal in its Houston office. Ryan focuses on intellectual property matters, with an ...

Addressing the U.S. Supreme Court’s refusal to overturn the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s controversial NHK-Fintiv rule, McKool Smith's Washington, D.C ...

As reported in Law360, Ericsson Inc. and parent Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson have filed two lawsuits against Apple in the Western District of Texas and a complaint at the ...

Commenting for World Intellectual Property Review on the nomination of Kathi Vidal to head the USPTO and future PTAB decisions in light of US v. Arthrex and what the article ...

McKool Smith Principal Nick Matich was quoted in an IAM article, “VLSI claims “gamesmanship” in IPR attack on patent from $2 billion Intel verdict.” VLSI ...

McKool Smith Principal Nick Matich was quoted in a National Law Journal article, “Amid Challenge From New LLC, PTO to Take Another Look at Patent Worth $675 Million.” ...

In part one of a series, WIPR included McKool Smith Principal Nick Matich commentary to their artlcie "2022 Forecast: Patent Eligibility, COVID-19, NFTs." Nick, along ...

McKool Smith Principal John Sparacino spoke with Bloomberg Law on the expected increase of 2021 pandemic-induced Chapter 11 cases that were lower than expected. John ...

McKool Smith principal Blair Jacobs poem included in IPWatchdog's "Only in Your Dreams: Patent Stakeholders Share Their IP Wishes for the New Year." The publication ask IP ...

The The National Law Journal's article, "Amid Challenge From New LLC, PTO to Take Another Look at Patent Worth $675 Million" discusses that almost a year after a $2.175 ...

McKool Smith Principal Blair Jacobs was quoted in The National Law Journal's article, "These Will Be the Hottest Practice Areas in The District in 2022." The article ...

McKool Smith principal Nick Matich provided commentary to Texas Lawyer's article, ""PTO Accepts Newly Formed LLC's Challenge to Review Patent Infringement Verdict Worth ...

McKool Smith principal Christina Ondrick was quoted in Bloomberg Law's article, "Two Patent Issues Teed Up for Federal Circuit Rulings in 2022." The article discussed how ...

McKool Smith principal Blair Jacobs was quoted in The National Law Journal’s article reporting that a significant number of law firms entered the Washington D.C. market ...

McKool Smith principal Lisa Houssiere was interviewed by Mealey’s International Arbitration Report on her observation on the impact of remote proceedings and video ...

McKool Smith principal Michael Miguel shared his observations on the important insurance litigation and court decision trends throughout 2021 with Law.com in the article ...

McKool Smith principal Richard Kamprath spoke with Bloomberg Law on the patent attorneys’ growing interests in the hedonic regression analysis, which was used to ...

McKool Smith principal Blair Jacobs was interviewed by Westlaw Journal Intellectual Property on the recent changes the IP law community has seen and discusses what to ...

McKool Smith principal Nick Matich shared his opinion in IPWatchdog on Department of Justice (DOJ)’s antitrust department requesting public comment on a new iteration

McKool Smith principal Blair Jacobs shared his opinion with Managing IP on President Joe Biden’s nominee  for Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Judge Leonard ...

McKool Smith principals Mike McKool, Sam Baxter, and Doug Cawley have been named to the IAM Global Leaders 2022 list, which highlights the world’s leading patent ...

McKool Smith principal Nick Matich shared his opinion on Senator Patrick Leahy announcing he would not run for the upcoming Senate reelection in Law.com’s “Skilled in ...

McKool Smith principal Nick Matich commented in the Intellectual Property Magazine’s article “Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy to Retire.” The Vermont Democrat ...

McKool Smith principal Nick Matich shared his opinion on Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) with Law360 in the article “Leahy's Exit May Return Senate IP Control To ...

McKool Smith principal Nick Matich shared his opinion in Bloomberg Law’s article “U.S. Patent Eligibility Muddle Sets It Apart From Other Countries.” While ...

McKool Smith received 28 Tier 1 rankings in the “Best Law Firms” 2022 Edition, published by U.S. News - Best Lawyers. Within the 28 Tier 1 rankings, five are national ...

McKool Smith principal Nick Matich was quoted in Reuters’ article on President Joe Biden nominating the District Judge Leonard Stark to the bench of the U.S. Court of ...

McKool Smith principal Christina Ondrick was quoted in Law360’s article “From Fintiv To Arthrex, New USPTO Chief Will Have Full Plate.” The article interviewed and ...

McKool Smith principal Christina Ondrick provided commentary to Westlaw Journal’s article, “Biden’s Choice of Kathi Vidal to Head USPTO Attracts Praise.” ...

McKool Smith principal John Briody shared his thoughts with Global Competition Review article on Amazon seeking to dismiss Washington, DC, district court’s ...

McKool Smith principal Nick Matich spoke with Bloomberg on President Joe Biden’s nominee Kathi Vidal to lead the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The article noted that ...

McKool Smith principal Michael Miguel spoke with Law360 and was quoted in the article, “Rising Cybercrime Drives Some Reinsurers Away.” With the rising cybersecurity ...

McKool Smith principal Nick Matich’s commentary was included in IPWatchdog’s article “Industry Reacts to Kathi Vidal Nomination.” Following the announcement ...

McKool Smith is pleased to announce that 9 attorneys have been selected for inclusion in the 2021 list of Super Lawyers "Rising Stars."  The honorees include:

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Law360 published article on the Eastern District of Texas Judge Rodney Gilstrap ruled that “Netflix will have to face a patent dispute brought by business-to-business ...

McKool Smith principal Michael Miguel was quoted in Law360’s article, “Rising Cybercrime Drives Some Reinsurers Away.” American companies are in need of ...

McKool Smith principal Nick Matich provided commentary to World Intellectual Property's article "Kathi Vidal Announced As USPTO Director." Click here to read the ...

IPWatchdog published an article on the public comments submitted for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s patent eligibility jurisprudence study. These collected ...

McKool Smith principal Scott Hejny was quoted in Law360 article that pointed out another flaw in the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. In the recent Mobility Workx LLC v. Unified ...

McKool Smith is recognized as a Litigation Standout in Commercial Litigation in the BTI Litigation Outlook 2022: Post-Pandemic and Beyond report, which focuses on ...

Artnet News reports on a victory of Marc Restellini, an eminent scholar of the work of Amedeo Modigliani and Paris-based Institut Restellini, represented by McKool Smith ...

McKool Smith principal Nick Matich shared commentary in Managing IP article “The AIA at 10: The Good and Debatably Bad, According To Counsel.” The Leahy-Smith America ...

McKool Smith principal Michael Miguel spoke with Law360 on T-Mobile’s announcement that cyber criminals have stolen more than 50 million of its customers’ personal ...

Benchmark Litigation, the definitive guide to America's leading litigation firms and attorneys, has ranked McKool Smith Tier 2 in intellectual property and insurance ...

McKool Smith principal Nick Matich provided commentary in Law360 article, “Leahy's Bill Seeks To 'Course Correct' From Iancu's PTAB.” Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy ...

McKool Smith principal Blair Jacobs was quoted in the Law360’s article “Fed. Circ. Eases Serving Of Patent Suits On Foreign Cos.” A recent Federal Court decision will ...

McKool Smith principal Scott Hejny provided commentary in the World IP Review article, “On Whose Authority?” Following the landmark decision of US v Artherx, which ...

McKool Smith has announced that veteran entertainment litigator Jeffery McFarland has joined the firm as a Principal in its Los Angeles office. Mr. McFarland handles ...

McKool Smith Principal Nick Matich discusses the America Invents Act with World Intellectual Property Review.  Watch here.

McKool Smith principal Nick Matich provided commentary to IAM’s article “A Decade On, PTAB Debate Still Dominates Discussion of the AIA’s Legacy,” discussing ...

McKool Smith principal John Sparacino was quoted in the Law360 article, “The Days Of “Eerie” Bankruptcy Silence Are Numbered.” In 2020, the US government ...

Law360 reported, while oil and gas industries have learned to craft tight insurance and contractual policies from past hurricanes, following the recent Hurricane Ida ...

McKool Smith principal Christina Ondrick provided commentary in IAM’s article, “Sonos Has Tough Fight Ahead To Exclude Google Products From the US.” While the ...

Law360 reported on oral argument in a significant New Jersey False Claims Act case in which McKool Smith principal Daniel Levy participated.  The complaint filed on behalf of ...

McKool Smith principal Sam Baxter was named runner up for "Litigator of the Week" by The Am Law Litigation Daily for his contributions in securing a $300 million patent ...

18 McKool Smith Principals have been selected for inclusion in the 2022 edition of "Best Lawyers in America" and 11 attorneys chosen for "Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch."

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McKool Smith principal Michael Miguel shared his view on the Always Smiling Productions LLC v Chubb National Insurance Co case in Law.com article. Always Smiling ...

McKool Smith principal Scott Hejny spoke with World IP Review on the uncertainties over USPTO directors’ authority after the ruling of US v Arthrex. Scott pointed out that ...

Law360 has recognized McKool Smith as a “Texas Powerhouse” based on the firm’s courtroom achievements from July 1, 2020, to July 1, 2021. The publication notes that ...

McKool Smith has been recognized as one of the nation’s leading patent litigation firms in Managing Intellectual Property’s 2021 edition of “IP Stars.” The firm ...

Congratulations to McKool Smith principal Lisa Houssiere for being selected to receive the 2021 Top Women Lawyer Award from the Texas Diversity Council. The award is given ...

McKool Smith principal Scott Hejny shared his opinion in World IP Review’s article “USPTO’s Arthrex Guidance Offers Window into Agency’s Thinking.” Amid the ...

McKool Smith principal Nick Matich spoke with Bloomberg Law on the Biden Administration’s moves to break apart from the previous administration’s approach to ...

McKool Smith principal Christina Ondrick spoke with Law360 on the appointment of Tiffany P. Cunningham to the Federal Circuit, which she will become the first ...

McKool Smith principal Nick Matich spoke with Life Sciences IP review on his views towards the US Supreme Court opinion in Minverva v Hologic, which means inventors now have a ...

McKool Smith principal Nick Matich provided commentary to Intellectual Property Magazine article on President Biden calling on Federal Trade Commission to ban ...

McKool Smith, along with Yetter Coleman LLP, has secured a $30 million jury verdict on behalf of Twinwood Cattle Company, Inc. (“Twinwood”) against the American ...

McKool Smith principal Nick Matich spoke with World IP Review on the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recent call for comments on patent eligibility law over concerns ...

McKool Smith principal Blair Jacobs provided his insights in Law360 article, “5 Patent Cases To Watch In The Second Half of 2021.” The 5 patent cases mentioned are ...

McKool Smith principal Michael Miguel commented in a Law360 article on the four class actions accusing hospital system Scripps Health of negligence in handling personal ...

McKool Smith principal Nick Matich provided commentary to the IPWatchdog’s article, “Industry Commenters Say Minerva Ruling is a Win for Employee Mobility.” The ...

On June 21, 2021, McKool Smith secured another significant appellate victory for Sanofi and Regeneron. The U.S. Supreme Court denied Amgen Inc. unit Immunex Corp.’s ...

McKool Smith principal Scott Hejny provided commentary for the Intellectual Property Magazine article, “Arthrex Finds That APJs Are Unconstitutionally ...

McKool Smith principal Blair Jacobs spoke with The National Law Journal on the recent confirmation from the Department of Justice (DOJ) spokesperson on the changes in SEP ...

McKool Smith principal Nick Matich provided commentary to the World Trademark Review article, “‘The Second Circuit Got It Right’: FTC Decision Reversed in ...

McKool Smith principal Nick Matich provided commentary to Intellectual Property Magazine's article, “Second Circuit Overturns FTC's 1-800 Contacts Antitrust ...

The Legal 500 (US) has again recognized McKool Smith as a leading U.S. firm for patent litigation and energy litigation. The latest edition notes that the firm “well versed ...

Principal Nick Matich spoke with Managing IP on the USPTO proposed guidelines for implementing Trademark Modernization Act (TMA). Attorneys are divided over ...

McKool Smith has announced that intellectual property litigators Steven J. Rizzi and Ramy Emad Hanna have joined the firm as principals in its New York office. The ...

McKool Smith principal Zach Mazin is featured in Lawdragon's Lawyer Limelight series where he discusses his focus on emerging securities litigation, particularly in the ...

McKool Smith principal Nick Matich spoke with Intellectual Property Magazine on the USPTO issued notice on proposed rulemaking to implement the Trademark Modernization ...

McKool Smith scored high marks in the 2021 edition of Chambers USA, which recognizes the firm as an industry leader in commercial litigation, intellectual property ...

McKool Smith Chairman Mike McKool is featured in the latest episode of Behind the Trial to share best practices in the courtroom and how to effectively present cases to judges ...

McKool Smith principal Nick Matich spoke with World Trademark Review on his initial reaction to the USPTO issued notice on the implementation provisions of the Trademark ...

Westlaw Journal Intellectual Property reports on the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Minerva Surgical Inc. v. Hologic Inc. et al. Washington, D.C. principal Nick ...

McKool Smith principal Michael Miguel was quoted in the AM Best article, "Cincinnati Insurance COVID-19 BI Case Gets First Appellate Court Review." The article ...

Law360 reported on the disqualification of Judge Timothy Sweeney from EQT suits in the article, "W.VA. High Court Orders Judge Disqualified from EQT Suits." The article ...

The National Board of Trial Advocacy, who for years has handled board certifications across the U.S. for trial lawyers in civil, criminal, and family law is now offering a ...

McKool Smith principal Michael Miguel spoke with Law360 on the trend of pandemic insurance coverage lawsuits. The article noted that smaller businesses have “repeated ...

Law360 published an article, “Fed. Circ. Told Samsung's FRAND Bid Distorts Int'l Norms,” updating the ongoing litigation between Samsung and Ericsson. Following ...

McKool Smith Principal Alan Whitehurst provided commentary to two Law360's articles on 2020 patent cases citing a report from Lex Machina. The first article "Fast Courts ...

McKool Smith principal Scott Hejny was quoted in the Westlaw article, “Supreme Court's Appointments Clause Ruling Will Keep PTAB Intact, Lawyers Predict.” ...

McKool Smith principal Michael Miguel was quoted in the Business Insurance article, "Lost Income Claim Disputes Evolve Further." The article noted that 80% of the ...

McKool Smith Principal Willie Wood has been admitted as a Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, CiArb, founded in 1915 and headquartered in London, with global ...

The Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) has recognized McKool Smith New York associate Melissa Cabrera and Dallas associate John Yang as 2021 Pathfinders.

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Law360 published article, "Gilstrap Makes Apple's $506M Patent Trial Loss Final," reporting that U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap entered the final judgement ...

The Dallas Morning News reported Dallas City Council has decided to move forward to recover financial damages from Netflix, Hulu, and Disney, “for their alleged failure ...

McKool Smith principals Robert Manley and Michael Miguel quoted in Business Insurance's article, "Flurry of Litigation Likely in Wake of Texas Storm, Power Outages ...

The New York Appellate Division, First Department earlier this week held that Nationstar Mortgage LLC was indeed entitled to indemnification for losses from Generation ...

McKool Smith principal John Briody was quoted in Bloomberg Law's article, “Novel Diverstiture Ruling Likely Leaves Merger Landscape Intact.” The U.S. Court of ...

McKool Smith, one of the nation's leading trial firms, has announced that patent trial star Alan Whitehurst has joined the firm as a principal in its Washington, D.C ...

Law360 reported on the ongoing lawsuits for the JDS Development's Manhattan luxury condo tower, known as the “Steinway Tower.” While the building is nearing ...

Law360 published an article on the patent infringement litigation between Apple and PanOptis. The article, noted that “U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap shot down ...

Law360’s recent report “High Court Won't Decide Arbitration Carveout Question,” discusses a significant Supreme Court decision in favor of the firm’s client ...