Patent & Intellectual Property

Patent & Intellectual Property

In today's competitive market, businesses aggressively fight to protect their intellectual property rights such as patents, copyrights and trade marks. The United States District Courts for the Eastern District of Texas are nationally recognized for their efficient management of intellectual property cases. As such, the courts of the Eastern District have become a preferred venue and maintain one of the nations busiest intellectual property dockets. 

The partners of Smith Weber have assisted clients successfully defend patent infringement and intellectual property cases throughout the Eastern District of Texas. As a firm with 90 years of collective trial experience, our involvement extends far beyond merely providing "local counsel" advice.  We assist law firms and companies, large and small, in a wide array of industries and technologies. Our ability to anticipate how courts and juries will react to certain issues has established a strong commitment from clients to actively seek our input at all stages of litigation. This unique asset is vital to the effective and efficient management of intellectual property cases.

In recent years, we have handled intellectual property cases involving:

• Cellular technologies
• False Claims Act