Accomplished Litigator Joins Cadwell Clonts & Reeder in Houston
Lisa Thomas brings broad litigation expertise to Houston-based firm
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HOUSTON, Feb. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The boutique litigation firm of
Cadwell Clonts & Reeder is pleased to announce that Lisa M. Thomas has joined the firm as a partner. A trial-tested litigator, Ms. Thomas focuses on intellectual property disputes with an emphasis on complex patent litigation. Her experience includes all phases of litigation, including pre-suit strategy development, fact and expert discovery, pre-trial and post-trial practice, and appeals. Because Lisa has represented both plaintiffs and defendants during her career, she offers a comprehensive perspective and keen strategic insight when handling disputes in venues across the nation, says firm co-founder Kevin Cadwell. We are delighted to welcome her to the firm, and we anticipate adding additional experienced attorneys as the needs of
The lawsuit vs. the telecom company
To be more specific, based on the documents filed at the New York Southern District Court, the case against AT&T Inc is about the Network Apps and other plaintiffs’ claims of patent infringement and breach of contract.
Reuters reported that the plaintiffs sued AT&T for at least $1.35 billion and claiming that the telecom giant ripped them off by stealing Network Apps’ patented “twinning” technology. This is something that allows various types of devices to respond to calls placed on a single phone number. In simpler terms, this technology can re-route calls to multiple devices.
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On Tuesday, Network Apps filed a complaint against various AT&T entities in the Southern District of New York for breach of contract and patent infringement regarding the plaintiffs’ Twinning Solution, which enables phone calls placed to a single phone number to be received, answered or made on multiple devices. For example, a phone call placed to a mobile phone that is not near a user can be answered on a smartwatch that the user is wearing.
According to the complaint, the “parties had a relationship.” Network Apps claimed that “AT&T knew of Plaintiffs’ expertise and existing product platform. AT&T sought out Plaintiffs to solve this very problem – how do we sync up a customer’s smart devices so that they respond to a phone call placed to a single phone number?” As a result, Network Apps stated that in 2014 the parties entered into nondisclosure, development and licensing agreements under which AT&T allegedly agreed that the pl