Law360 | Gilstrap Clears AT&T, Verizon Before Cell Tower Patent Trial

Bryan Lutz, Ross Barton, Ted Stevenson, John Haynes, David Frist, Adam Swain, Michael Deane, Darlena Subashi, and Adam Ahnhut are mentioned for representing Ericsson Inc. in patent litigation before the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.

For the thirteenth consecutive year, Alston & Bird has been recognized as a global leader in patent law by Intellectual Asset Management in its annual IAM Patent 1000 – The World’s Leading Patent Professionals.

Alston & Bird successfully defended Nokia of America Corp. against allegations that its router products infringed four patents owned by Smart Path Communications.  On April 5, an Eastern District of Texas jury cleared Nokia of all claims of infringement, finding one patent not infringed, one patent invalid, and one patent invalid and not infringed. The Court held a fourth asserted patent not infringed and granted summary judgment prior to the trial. The result is that Nokia was found not liable on all four asserted patents.

Alston & Bird has been ranked the No. 1 best performing firm overall representing complainants and respondents in Section 337 investigations conducted by the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC).

Alston & Bird has been honored once again by Patexia Inc. as a market leader representing respondents and complainants in Section 337 investigations conducted by the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC).