A Houston federal judge invalidated a patent in an infringement case brought by a company that tried to stop a competitor from launching a tool used in oil and gas drilling.
Sidley Austin, the law firm for the defendant, noted it is “exceedingly difficult” to invalidate a patent in district court and even rarer at the early claim construction stage known as a Markman ruling.
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