McKool Smith Secures $15M Verdict for Summit 6
By Lawdragon News | April 9, 2013 | Press Releases
DALLAS, April 5 -- McKool Smith has secured a $15 million patent infringement verdict on behalf of Dallas, Texas-based Summit 6 LLC against Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Samsung Telecommunications America, Inc.
The verdict was handed down on April 5, 2013 after a 6 day jury trial before Judge Reed O'Connor in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in Dallas. The jury found that Samsung infringed Summit 6's patented media uploading technology, U.S. Patent No. 7,765,482, which covers software that automatically processes digital photos before they are transmitted over a network by client devices, such as cell phones. Summit 6 accused Samsung phones that support MMS messaging of photos of infringement.
The trial team representing Summit 6 included McKool Smith attorneys Ted Stevenson, John Campbell, Phillip Aurentz, Ashley Moore, Mitchell Sibley, Richard Kamprath, James Quigley, and Kat Li, and Bradley Caldwell of the Caldwell Cassady & Curry firm.
"The jury's verdict affirms that Summit 6's innovations are both novel and valuable. Along with our client, we are pleased with the verdict," said Ted Stevenson, lead trial counsel for Summit 6.
With more than 175 trial lawyers across offices in Austin, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Marshall, New York, Silicon Valley, and Washington, DC, McKool Smith has established a reputation as one of America's leading trial firms. Over the past seven years, the firm has secured seven nine-figure jury verdicts, as well as seven eight-figure jury verdicts. The firm has also won more National Law Journal and VerdictSearch "Top 100 Verdicts" over the last five years than any other law firm in the country. Courtroom successes like these have earned McKool Smith critical acclaim and helped the firm become what The Wall Street Journal describes as "one of the biggest law firm success stories of the past decade." McKool Smith represents leading clients in complex commercial litigation, intellectual property, bankruptcy, and white collar defense matters.
