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John R. Keville
1111 Louisiana, 25th Floor
Houston, TX 77002-5242
+1 713.787.1559
+1 713.787.1440 (Fax)
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John Keville is a partner in Howrey’s Houston office. His practice is dedicated to intellectual property litigation, including patent, trade secret, trademark, and copyright litigation. He has been lead trial counsel in patent litigation matters in a number of technologies, including mechanical and chemical oilfield technologies, electronic devices, and digital signal processing. He has also been lead or co-counsel in a number of technology-driven litigations related to the Internet involving trade secrets, trespass, the computer fraud and abuse act, and free speech rights of Internet posters.
In addition, Mr. Keville has litigated patent-related antitrust cases, including cases involving failure to disclose patents to standard-setting organizations and Walker Process antitrust claims.
Mr. Keville also counsels clients on intellectual property enforcement and procurement matters, litigation strategy, settlement negotiations, and licensing.
In 2007, Chambers USA recognized Mr. Keville as a “true rising star” who “impressed his peers with his successes in litigation in the Eastern District [of Texas],” and in 2008 Chambers recognized Mr. Keville as “unbelievably talented” in the field of intellectual property. Texas Monthly named him a Texas Super Lawyer in 2007 and 2008, and in both years he was selected as one of the Best Lawyers In America in intellectual property.
Representative Highlights
- Performance Aftermarket Parts Group, Ltd. v. TI Group Automotive Systems, Inc. Obtained a judgment of patent infringement after a bench trial. Case settled prior to the damages phase.
- Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. v. M-I, LLC. Granted summary judgment invalidating all asserted claims of the patent-in-suit. This result not only protected the continued sales of M-I’s premier drilling fluid, but also was a rare result in the Eastern District of Texas. After arguement before the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the summary judgment was unanimously affirmed. Simultaneously in M-I, LLC v. Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., M-I alleged that Halliburton defrauded the Patent Office and engaged in sham litigation in prosecuting the above suit. That litigation, and a second patent infringement suit later filed by Halliburton, were settled with Halliburton paying M-I over $6,000,000 and covenanting not to sue M-I on any related patents.
- Varel International v. Graham Mensa-Wilmot et al. Obtained permanent injunctions, the return of all company materials, and over a million dollars in settlement payments from the individual and corporate defendants. In this case that was developed and litigated rapidly, all of the involved former employees ended up subject to polygraph testing, and was settled shortly after a temporary injunction hearing.
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Courts & Adjudicative Bodies
- United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
- United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
- United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
- United States Patent and Trademark Office
Education
- St. John's University (JD, 1995)
- New York Institute of Technology (BSME, Mechancial Engineering, 1988)
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