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Jeffrey J. Phillips
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Jeffrey J. Phillips
1111 Louisiana, 25th Floor
Houston, TX 77002-5242
+1 713.787.1496
+1 713.787.1440 (Fax)
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Jeffrey J. Phillips specializes in intellectual property matters involving a wide range of technologies, including oil and gas technologies, chemical processes and catalysts, mechanical systems, and computer and software related technologies.
Mr. Phillips’ litigation experience includes both patent enforcement and patent defense in federal courts throughout the United States, including extensive experience in the Eastern District of Texas. He has successfully led patent litigation teams and obtained summary judgments and favorable settlement terms on behalf of his clients. He has also successfully prosecuted complex patent and trademark cases before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, including appeals to the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences and the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Mr. Phillips has also counseled clients on important IP issues, such as advising on patent portfolio management, preparing opinions relating to a company’s ability to sell its products and/or practice its valuable technology, preparing pre-acquisition intellectual property due diligence assessments, and structuring and negotiating technology licensing agreements and joint development agreements.
Prior to his legal career, Mr. Phillips held many technical and project management positions within Exxon Mobil Corporation supporting the petrochemical and refining business groups. His responsibilities included worldwide technical and operations support for chemical plants and refineries, facilities planning for large-scale grassroots and debottleneck projects, and R&D planning for the final development and rollout of new technologies. Mr. Phillips is a co-inventor of U.S. Patent No. 6,855,858 entitled “Method of Removing Dimethyl Ether from an Olefin Stream," assigned to ExxonMobil.
Mr. Phillips was recognized as a “Rising Star” by Texas Monthly magazine in 2008 and as a “Professional on the Fast Track” by H Texas magazine in 2009.
Representative Highlights
- Halliburton Energy Systems, Inc. v. Weatherford International, Inc., et al. Counsel for Weatherford in patent infringement suit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas concerning composite downhole tools. Case pending.
- Avocent Redmond Corp. v. Rose Electronics et al. Counsel for Rose Electronics in patent infringement suit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington concerning KVM switch technology. Case stayed pending reexamination of three patents by PTO. Also counsel for Rose Electronics as intervenor in related Avocent Redmond Corp. v. United States, which is currently pending in the Federal Court of Claims.
- Wacoh Company v. Chrysler LLC, et al. Counsel for Ford Motor Company in patent infringement suit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin concerning air bag systems having accelerometer sensors. Case transferred to E.D. Michigan and dismissed.
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Admissions
Courts & Adjudicative Bodies
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
- United States Patent and Trademark Office
Education
- University of Houston Law Center (JD, 2002), magna cum laude, Order of the Coif. Houston Law Review (Articles Editor)
- University of Texas (BS, Chemical Engineering, 1995), Tau Beta Pi, high honors
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