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Winston’s Intellectual Property (IP) Practice is one of the most active and highly regarded in the United States per Chambers USA, Benchmark Litigation US, and Best Law Firms®, among other ranking organizations. Our team features some of the country’s best IP lawyers, attorneys with the technical abilities to litigate and try highly complex IP disputes, and technical lawyers who provide critical advisory services.
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Our Patent Litigation Practice is one of the country’s most active and highly regarded. Our seasoned patent litigators bring extensive courtroom experience to every matter we handle. According to Lex Machina, we are among the top three national patent defense firms in the country for number of appearances and cases filed, and we also were the top national defense firm for number of patent trials in the last five years (2018–2022).
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Trial skills matter—even in a world where few disputes ever see the inside of a courtroom. Winston has built a reputation as a trial lawyers’ firm, featuring seasoned litigators who leverage extensive courtroom experience to meet our clients’ business and legal objectives. Our long history of taking cases to trial—and winning—provides our clients with tremendous settlement leverage with their adversaries, as well as a substantial likelihood of a favorable resolution if, and when, they go to trial.
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|November 11, 2011
|1 Min Read
CoreLogic® Awarded Summary Judgment in CollegeNET Lawsuit
On November 8, 2011, Winston & Strawn client MarketLinx, Inc. was awarded summary judgment by the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas (Austin), finding that the patent asserted against it by Plaintiff, CollegeNET, Inc., was invalid as obvious. MarketLinx provides internet software to regional multiple listing services that is used by realtors to list homes for sale, search for homes, and automatically notify customers when newly listed homes meet their interests. CollegeNET owns United States Patent No. 6,910,045, which relates to computer software that will send an automatic notification when data is entered into a database that matches pre-defined search criteria. MarketLinx filed a motion for summary judgment that CollegeNET's patent claims were invalid as anticipated and obvious. Judge Sam Sparks granted MarketLinx' motion, finding that CollegeNET improperly attempted to narrow its claim scope to avoid invalidity. The Court stated that, when properly construed, CollegeNET's claims were likely anticipated by MarketLinx' cited references, but in any case were obvious in view of the two references combined.
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Since opening in 2011, Winston & Strawn’s Houston office has grown to nearly 60 lawyers and is home to many long-standing leaders of the Houston legal and business communities. Our Houston office hosts a comprehensive transactional team specializing in private equity, capital markets, and public companies, as well as extensive commercial litigation and intellectual property practices—with nearly all Houston IP attorneys possessing technical degrees. We are also home to a leading energy and infrastructure group that focuses on oil and gas projects and infrastructure litigation, and an international arbitration practice. Our robust offerings demonstrate our commitment to the continued growth of the city’s global, economic, and cultural footprint.