Extreme Techs, LLC & Hard Rock Solutions, LLC v. Stabil Drill Specialties, LLC
B&L successfully struck all asserted and unasserted patent invalidity defenses.
Defendant Stabil Drill asserted that B&L’s clients Extreme’s and Hard Rock’s asserted patents-in-suit (U.S. Patent Nos. 8,851,205; 8,813,877; and 9,657,526) were invalid for multiple statutory reasons and asserted more than 11 prior art references. Additionally, defendant Stabil Drill designated expert Steven Radford who provided an 87 page expert report in support of Stabil Drill’s invalidity defenses.
B&L achieved extraordinary results in successfully striking all of Stabil Drill’s patent invalidity defenses under a little-known theory of assignor privity. This case illustrates B&L’s keen ability to shred a case in pretrial and beat much larger law firms.
See Civil Action No. 4:19-cv-01977, In the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division (ECF No. 208).