Experience Matters
John Edmonds
Steve Schlather
John Edmonds
John Edmonds is a registered patent attorney with over twenty-five years of litigation experience.
Steve Schlather
John Edmonds
Steve Schlather
Steve Schlather
Steve Schlather
Steve Schlather is a registered patent attorney with over twenty years of litigation experience.
John J. Edmonds
Shareholder
Tel: (713) 364-5291
Fax: (832) 415-2535
Email: jedmonds@ip-lit.com
John Edmonds has twenty-nine years of experience as a litigator. His practice is devoted to intellectual property litigation, including patent litigation and appeals; trademark, copyright and trade secret litigation; and inter partes review. He has served in lead counsel in over a hundred and fifty lawsuits throughout the United States, including over thirty jury trials. As lead counsel, Mr. Edmonds has obtained in excess of $100,000,000 in judgments and settlements on behalf of clients.* Trial successes include verdicts of infringement affirmed on appeal and claims confirmed as patentable during inter partes review. Recently Mr. Edmonds served as lead counsel for defendants who obtained summary judgment against copyright and DMCA claims seeking damages and penalties in excess of $3BN, and Mr. Edmonds was lead counsel on the appeal that affirmed the summary judgment. Mr. Edmonds has also served as lead counsel in over seventy appeals.
Mr. Edmonds is a registered patent attorney and has a Master of Laws degree in intellectual property law. Prior to co-founding the firm, Mr. Edmonds litigated at one of the largest intellectual property law firms in the country.
Mr. Edmonds zealously advocates the rights of his clients, who have ranged from multi-national corporations to lone inventors. Mr. Edmonds has represented clients in disputes involving a wide range of industries and technologies, including consumer electronics and other consumer products, computer hardware and software, wireless and other networked hardware and systems, construction products, internet and search technologies, websites, ecommerce and games; chemical compositions and processes, oilfield equipment and services, building materials, security and encryption, and industrial machinery.
Mr. Edmonds is also a former U.S. Marine.
Recognitions
- Recognized as Super Lawyer® in Intellectual Property Law
- Recognized with highest “preeminent” peer rating
Education
- LL.M., 2000, University of Houston Law Center (Intellectual Property & Information Law)
- J.D., 1994, The University of Texas School of Law
- B.A., 1991, The University of Texas at Austin [Phi Beta Kappa] (Plan II)
Admissions
- Texas State and Federal Courts
- California State and Federal Courts
- U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Federal, Fifth, Ninth, and D.C. Circuits
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
Memberships & Affiliations
- State Bar of Texas
- State Bar of California
- Houston Intellectual Property Lawyers Association
* Previous outcomes do not imply similar results in other matters. Results may vary depending on the particular facts and legal circumstances.
Stephen F. Schlather
Shareholder
Tel: (713) 364-2371
Fax: (832) 415-2535
Email: sschlather@ip-lit.com
Steve Schlather is a patent lawyer and intellectual property litigator. His clients range from small, start-up companies and individual inventors to large, multinational corporations. For more than 10 years, Steve has represented both plaintiffs and defendants under a variety of fee arrangements, including on an hourly, fixed-fee and contingent fee basis.
Recently, the majority of his cases are contingent-fee cases. Steve has a successful nationwide practice, including substantial experience in the federal courts in the Eastern District of Texas, District of Delaware and the Northern District of California. Steve represents clients in a wide range of intellectual property cases involving a diversity of technologies, including:
- Microprocessors and integrated circuits,
- Internet-based software & systems, both client-side and server-side,
- Oilfield equipment and chemicals;
- EDI software and systems;
- Medical implants, including cardiac stents;
- Embedded systems;
- Building materials;
- Wireless routers;
- RFID technology;
- Cable modems;
- Microsoft Windows operating systems, and
- Global-positioning systems.
Education
- J.D., 1998, South Texas College of Law
- B.S., 1992, Southwestern University (Georgetown, TX) (Chemistry)
Representative Cases
- Within six months of filing a patent infringement lawsuit related to RFID technology, Steve obtained a seven-figure settlement for his client.
- In a case relating to GPS technology, Steve was part of a team that obtained a favorable settlement on the second day of trial. The terms of the settlement are confidential.
- Steve was a key member of a team that obtained a jury verdict of infringement and validity and secured a permanent injunction against the defendants. The case later settled and the terms are confidential. Steve continues to represent the client in additional litigation on the same patent.
- Days before trial, Steve helped to favorably settle a computer software-related patent infringement and trade secret case against a major US software developer. The defendant agreed to license his clients patents and technology. The terms remain confidential.
Admissions
- Texas State Courts
- U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas
- U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Federal and Fifth Circuits
- U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
Memberships & Affiliations
- State Bar of Texas
- Houston Bar Association
- Houston Intellectual Property Lawyers Association
- Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation
Recognitions
- Houston's Best Lawyers, H-Texas Magazine, 2008-2010
