Tyler Boyce
Associate
Tyler focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation, patent litigation, and IP advising. Although he represents both patent owners and accused infringers in patent disputes covering a wide array of technologies, he often represents companies in the energy, oil & gas, and pharmaceutical industries, leveraging his background in chemical engineering to deeply understand his clients’ technologies and operations to effectively advise them. Likewise, Tyler represents clients in commercial litigation and arbitration in the energy, petrochemical, and industrial construction industries.
Key Matters
Patent, Trade Secret, and Other Intellectual Property Litigation
- Halliburton v. U.S. Well Services (W.D. Tex.) – As trial counsel, prevailed for U.S. Well Services in the trial of the first of three patent infringement litigations filed by competitor Halliburton, which claimed that U.S. Well Services infringed certain patents involving use of hydraulic fracturing software, as well as methods related to the operation and powering of U.S. Well Services’ fracturing sites—a win that Am Law recognized with a “Litigator of the Week” first-runner-up nod.
- Hardin et al. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.(E.D. Tex.) – Trial counsel for Ryan Hardin and Andrew Hill, inventors on patents related to geofencing technology, in a patent infringement suit brought against Samsung. After prevailing for the inventors on key claim construction, summary judgment, and Daubert issues, the case settled days before trial.
- H2 Intellect LLC v. International Business Machines Corporation (E.D. Tex.) – Trial counsel for H2 Intellect LLC on patents related to geofencing technology, in a patent infringement suit brought against IBM. After extensive discovery was conducted, the case settled.
- Transcend Shipping Systems, LLC, v. ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. (E.D. Tex) – As counsel for ZIM in this litigation concerning shipment tracking technology, Tyler was part of the team that secured a dismissal with prejudice of all claims by Transcend without any compensation from ZIM.