Garteiser Honea

10/29/2019

GARTEISER HONEA ANNOUNCES TOM FASONE III AS NEW PARTNER
(Tyler, Texas) — On October 29, 2019, IP Litigation Boutique Garteiser Honea announced that Tom Fasone III joined the firm’s ranks as a Partner. Prior to Garteiser Honea, Mr. Fasone practiced complex commercial and intellectual property litigation for over two decades at the highly acclaimed national law firm of McKool Smith and served as the first Vice President and General Counsel at a Dallas based commercial lighting technology company.

“We are elated by Tom’s decision to join the firm,” said co-founder Chris Honea, also a McKool Smith alum. “I worked closely with Tom on complex patent litigation matters while we were both at McKool, including the landmark i4i v. Microsoft litigation. Tom’s passion and determination for achieving the best outcome for clients coupled with his breadth of abilities in the areas that are key to winning at trial make Tom an exceptional addition to Garteiser Honea.” Garteiser Honea specializes in complex and high stakes patent litigation disputes, preparing them to go to trial.

Mr. Fasone has vigorously fought to protect the intellectual property rights of individual inventors, startup companies, and large corporate clients in high stakes patent disputes before federal courts across the nation and the International Trade Commission. “Practicing beside intellectual property litigation icons Mike McKool, Sam Baxter, and Doug Cawley for nearly two decades was an incredible career-shaping experience. At McKool Smith, there was a superior level of commitment to exceed the expectations of the courts and clients in patent dispute matters.” Fasone said. “So, when the opportunity to join Garteiser Honea presented itself, I had no doubt in my mind it was going to be a great fit. Co-founders Randy Garteiser and Chris Honea, and the rest of the GH team, are a rare find in that they are not only credentialed lawyers with a track record of success but remain driven to protect the rights of inventors in spite of the current legal landscape. I felt right at home.”

10/18/2018

Randy on a panel at the Eastern District of Texas Bench Bar Conference, speaking on “Venue post TC Heartland” to 250+ patent attorneys and judges.

10/11/2018

On Wednesday, IP Litigation Boutique Garteiser Honea announced the addition of M. Scott Fuller as a new partner. Formerly a partner and co-chair of the Texas IP Litigation Practice Group at the international firm Locke Lord LLP, Mr. Fuller is a powerful addition to the already formidable group at Garteiser Honea.

“We are obviously very excited to have Scott join the firm,” said co-founder Randall T. Garteiser. “He brings many years of experience and additional skillsets to our team as we continue to expand our practice by vigorously representing our clients in districts across the country.” Garteiser Honea specializes in complex and high stakes patent litigation disputes, preparing them to go to trial.

Having spent the last 16 years at Locke Lord, Mr. Fuller represented many Fortune 500 clients in district courts from California to Texas to New York. “The timing and opportunity were perfect for me to make the move to Garteiser Honea. It’s just a great fit for me going forward. There are certain conflicts that arise in a firm the size of Locke, and the focused practice I want to continue to build aligns with what I’ve watched GH doing for these many years,” Fuller said. “I look forward to trying and winning a lot of cases together with Randy, Chris, and the others at Garteiser Honea.”

(San Francisco, October 10, 2018) — On Wednesday, IP Litigation Boutique Garteiser Honea announced the addition of M. Scott Fuller as a new partner. Formerly a partner and co-chair of the Texas IP …

05/23/2017

(Washington D.C., May 22, 2017) – Today the Supreme Court issued its TC Heartland ruling. The case, TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC was summarized by many in the media as significa…

02/15/2017

(February 14, 2017 – Marshall, Texas) – A jury has found Google liable for $20M in damages for infringing all claims of three anti-malware patents in their Chrome web browser. In Alfonso Cioffi et …

10/17/2015

(Tyler, Texas - Tuesday, October 13, 2015) Federal Judge Rodney Gilstrap of the Eastern District of Texas denied an attempt by Chinese smartphone maker ZTE to have a $32 million judgement against them overturned and a new trial initiated. Judge Gilstrap said the jury did their job appropriately and effectively and were properly instructed on the law. After deliberating less than 45 minutes, Jurors unanimously found in June that ZTE infringed all five asserted data entry claims, that the two patents were valid, that the infringement was willful, and that royalties were best computed as $32 million. [ 299 more words. ]

http://ghiplaw.com/chinese-smartphone-zte-willfully-infringed-patents-east-texas-judge-says/

(Tyler, Texas – Tuesday, October 13, 2015)  Federal Judge Rodney Gilstrap of the Eastern District of Texas denied an attempt by Chinese smartphone maker ZTE to have a $32 million judgement ag…

10/15/2015

(Tyler, Texas - Monday, October 12, 2015, Columbus Day) A federal jury decided that Apple's iPhones and iPads infringe on a University of Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation patent, central to the devices' A7, A8, and A8X processors. Judge William M. Conley said that Apple's licensing fees and other damages could total as much as 862 million dollars. Apple's stock has fallen close to 2% since the announcement. [ 293 more words. ]

http://ghiplaw.com/400-million-apple-wisconsin-patent-ruling/

(Tyler, Texas – Monday, October 12, 2015, Columbus Day)  A federal jury decided that Apple’s iPhones and iPads infringe on a University of Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation patent, c…

06/23/2015

"Patent reform" legislation pending before Congress, described as a curb on patent trolls, will make it much harder for any small company to defend its patent rights. Here is a real example of how that works.

01/14/2015

Audible Magic’s Motion to Strike Infringement Contentions Denied http://wp.me/p3yw8v-XK

(Tyler, Texas – Monday, January 12, 2015) Judge Caroline Craven denied Defendant Audible Magic’s Motion to Strike Plaintiff Blue Spike, LLC’s preliminary infringement contentions. Blue Spike, LLC v. Texas Instruments, et al., 6:12-cv-499-MHS-CMC, Dkt. No. 1898. Plaintiff Blue Spike, LLC served preliminary contentions in February of 2014 and upon request of Defendant Audible Magic, amended those infringement contentions to respond to alleged deficiencies.

09/24/2014

Google Can’t Escape EDTX by Cherry-Picking Witnesses, says Judge http://wp.me/p3yw8v-Xc

(Tyler, Texas - Friday, September 24, 2014) Judge Roy Payne of the Eastern District of Texas denied Google Inc.'s Motion to Transfer a patent infringement case against them to Northern California. "The Court is significantly concerned that Google is not being fully candid." Payne agreed Tuesday with the Rockstar Consortium LP that Google's motion represented "cherry picking prior art witnesses," that "non-party witnesses at issue in this case are distributed across the United States and not solely located in or generally closer to the Northern District of California." Google argued that "all or nearly all" of its records and engineers are "ultimately managed from" its headquarters in Mountain View, California; but the court responded that in these statements Google provided "neither evidence of where its documents are actually located nor evidence that these documents are more available or accessible from the Northern District of California than they would be from the Eastern District of Texas... [ 224 more words. ]

08/01/2014

Cognitec’s Motion To Dismiss Denied http://wp.me/p3yw8v-U5

(Tyler, Texas – Tuesday, July 22, 2014) Judge Caroline Craven of the Eastern District of Texas recommended denying Cognitec Systems Corp. and Cognitec Systems GmbH’s (Cognitec’s) motion to dismiss Blue Spike, LLC’s claims of indirect and willful… [ 259 more words. ]

07/07/2014

Washington Redskins’ Trademark Cancelled by Patent and Trademark Office http://wp.me/p3yw8v-Rk

(Arlington, Virginia — Wednesday, June 18, 2014) The Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) determined this week that the name of the NFL’s Washington Redskins is “disparaging to Native Americans”; as a result the PTO canceled the… [ 183 more words. ]