Tim Headley
Tim.Headley@HeadleyIPLaw.com

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Patent Infringement Litigation Experience

~6-1-91

Hydril v. Blose, Civil Action No. H-89-2780, filed 8-18-89 in the United States District Court, Southern District of Texas, Houston Division (Patent No. Re. 30,647: "Tubular Connection")

~3-1-94

Androphy v. Zimmer, Inc., No. H-92-1289, filed 3-24-92, in the United States District Court, Southern District of Texas, Houston Division (Patent No. 4,567,885: "Triplanar Knee Resection System")

~5-1-96

Novagene v. Syntro Corp., No. H-94-1292, filed 4-22-94 in the United States District Court, Southern District of Texas, Houston Division (Patent No. 4,514,497: "Modified Live Pseudorabies Viruses", and Patent No. 4,609,548: "Vaccines For Pseudorabies Disease and Methods For Use of Same")

~8-1-96

Androphy v. Biomet Inc., No. H-94-2463, filed 7-20-94 in the United States District Court, Southern District of Texas, Houston Division (Patent No. 4,567,885: Triplanar Knee Resection System)

~9-1-95

Zimmermann & Jansen, Inc., v. Acutus Industries, No. 95-71768, filed 4-28-95 in the United States District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, Southern Division (Patent No. 4,292,993: "Closure Plate For Hot Blast Slide Valves")

11-24-99

Sun Drilling Products Corp., v. Alpine Mud Products Corp., No. 99-2337, filed 6-21-99 in the United States District Court, Southern District of Texas, Houston Division (Patent No. 5,114,598: "Method of Making Drilling Fluid Containing Asphaltite in a Dispersed State")

10-1-00

Columbiana Boiler Company v. DuPont, No. 1:00CV-906, filed April 7, 2000, in the United States District Court, Northern District of Ohio. (This case involved large chemical tanks.)

5-7-01

Valvtechnologies v. Commissioner of the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, No. 00-1470, filed June 12, 2000, in the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals. (Relief valve.)

3-21-06

Neutrino Development Corporation v. SonoSite, Inc., No. H-01-2484, filed July 24, 2001, in the United States District Court, Southern District of Texas. (Patent relating to an ultrasonic diagnostic medical device. 423 F. Supp. 2d 673; 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 23316.)

12-7-06

Bernardo Footwear, LLC v. Brown Shoe, J & A Shoe Co., Payless Shoe Source, Inc., and White House | Black Market, Inc., No. 4:06-cv-01613, filed May 11, 2006, in the United States District Court, Southern District of Texas. (Patent No. D513,447, which is a design patent on a woman's sandal).

Pending

Clock Spring, L.P. v. WrapMaster, Inc., et al., No. 4:05-cv-82, filed January 10, 2005, in the United States District Court, Southern District of Texas. (Patent No. 5,632,307, relating to methods for using a high tensile strength reinforcement to repair surface defects in a pipe.)

8-27-07

Andritz-Ruthner, Inc. v. Jon N. Orr, Schwing America, Inc., and Schwing Bioset Inc., No. 4:06-cv-00586, filed May 4, 2006, in the United States District Court, Southern District of Texas. (Patent No. 6,470,595, relating to methods for continuously drying protein-containing sludge.)