| Biography | Bill Boice joined the firm as a litigation partner in June 1980. Mr. Boice has substantial trial experience representing significant corporate clients in a wide variety of cases. His trial practice is focused on complex litigation including patent and trade secret litigation, class actions, business torts and other business litigation. Mr. Boice has tried cases in courts throughout the United States and has argued appeals in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second, Third, Fifth, Sixth, Ninth, Eleventh and Federal Circuits, as well as The Georgia Court of Appeals and Supreme Court. Mr. Boice is listed in the 2009, 2010 and 2011 editions of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business for his work in Intellectual Property and General Commercial Litigation. He is also listed in The Best Lawyers in America® for Commercial Litigation and Intellectual Property Law for 2011 and 2012 and was recognized in The International Who's Who of Business Law for 2009 and 2011. He was also recognized as a Georgia "Super Lawyer" in Intellectual Property Litigation and Business Litigation in 2009 and for Intellectual Property Litigation in 2010 and 2011 by SuperLawyers magazine and named to Georgia Trend's 2009, 2010 and 2011 "Legal Elite" list. In 2007, Mr. Boice was recognized in Benchmark: Litigation as a Georgia "Litigation Star." He is AV® rated by Martindale-Hubbell. Professional & Community Activities Atlanta Bar Association, Litigation Section, Member Bleckley Inn of Court, Member State Bar of Georgia, Member Industries Telecommunications; Technology & Software Experience Verizon Services Corp. v. Cox Fibernet Va., Inc., Trial counsel on behalf of Cox Communications, which was accused of infringing a competitor's patents relating to voice over IP technology. We obtained a jury verdict of no patent infringement of six patents and invalidity of two patents. Affirmed by the Federal Circuit.
Verizon Servs. Corp. v. Cox Fibernet Va., Inc., No. 08-157 (E.D. Va. filed Jan. 11, 2008). Nike Inc. v. adidas America Inc., Lead counsel defending adidas in a patent infringement suit brought by Nike in the Eastern District of Texas related to Nike Shox technology and the use of electronic sensors in shoes. After we obtained a favorable Markman ruling for adidas, Nike stipulated to non-infringement by adidas of the Shox patent. We successfully negotiated a favorable settlement agreement for adidas prior to trial. (Judge Clark).
Nike, Inc. v. adidas America, Inc., et al., 479 F. Supp. 2d 664 (E.D. Tex. 2007). Trade secret misappropriation and breach of license for an aerospace manufacturing company, Trial counsel representing an aerospace products and defense parts manufacturing company, plaintiff, in a trade secret misappropriation and breach of license case. Allegations against the defendant involved claims that the defendant misused the plaintiff's trade secrets-technical data relating to a U.S. Anti-Submarine Warfare Aircraft (of which the plaintiff is the original equipment manufacturer)-to perform a direct commercial sales contract to refurbish and modernize aircraft owned by the Republic of Korea. Jury verdict for plaintiff. Case settled after trial. Milliken & Company v. Interface, Inc., et al., Lead counsel on behalf of Interface Inc., a leading manufacturer of carpet tile, in patent litigation filed by one of its largest competitors alleging hundreds of millions of dollars in damages as a result of infringement of two patents. After a three-week jury trial, the jury took less than one hour to find that the competitor's patents were invalid and that Interface did not infringe them. During the hearing on inequitable conduct issues, Interface reached a confidential settlement with the competitor resolving these issues as well as resolving Interface's counterclaims for infringement of two of its own patents. Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing LLP v. Cox Communications; In re Katz Interactive Call Processing Patent Litigation; Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing LLP v. EarthLink Inc., Lead counsel on behalf of Cox Communications and EarthLink in a suit filed by Ronald A. Katz Licensing Technology in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. The suit claims patent infringement stemming from our clients' use of automated telephone processing systems. The action was consolidated for pre-trial proceedings with other suits brought by Katz against various other defendants in the Central District of California, with Judge Klausner presiding over discovery and other pre-trial matters.
Ronald A. Katz Tech. Licensing, LLP v. Cox Commc'ns, No. 07-2299 (E.D. Tex. filed April 6, 2007);
In re Katz Interactive Call Processing Patent Litig., No. 07-01816 (E.D. Tex. filed July 7, 2008) and Ronald A. Katz Tech. Licensing, LLP v. EarthLink, Inc., No. 07-2235, No. 07-2299 (E.D. Tex. filed April 9, 2007); In re Katz Interactive Call Processing Patent Litig., No. 07-01816 (E.D. Tex. filed July 7, 2008). DataTreasury Corp. v. Wachovia Corp. and DataTreasury Corp. v. Wells Fargo & Co., Represented Wachovia Bank, Branch Banking & Trust Company, M&T Bank and Comerica Bank against DataTreasury in patent infringement suits in the Eastern District of Texas and other noteworthy patent litigation jurisdictions around the country. The patents at issue involved various technologies, including telecommunications, electronic payment and clearing systems, software, business methods, and electrical and mechanical devices. The plaintiff in these cases sued more than 40 defendants, including many leading banks and financial institutions. Cases settled. (Judge Folsom).
DataTreasury Corp. v. Wachovia Corp., et al., No. 2:05-cv-00293 (E.D. Tex. filed June 28, 2005) and DataTreasury Corp. v. Wells Fargo & Co., et al., No. 2:06-cv-00072 (E.D. Tex. filed Feb. 24, 2006). Bedrock Computer Technologies, LLC v. SoftLayer Technologies Inc., et al.; Red Hat Inc. v. Bedrock Computer Technologies, LLC, Represented Red Hat Inc., Amazon.com, SoftLayer Technologies, Rackspace, Whole Foods, The Planet.com Internet Services, and NYSE Euronext in a patent infringement litigation regarding caching functionality in the Linux operating system in the Eastern District of Texas. A favorable settlement occurred shortly before trial. (Judge Leonard Davis and Magistrate Judge John D. Love).
Bedrock Computer Technologies, LLC v. SoftLayer Technologies Inc., et al., No. 6:09-cv-269 (E.D. Tex. filed June 16, 2009) and Red Hat Inc. v. Bedrock Computer Technologies, LLC, No. 6:09-cv-549 (E.D. Tex. filed Dec. 9, 2009). TecSec Inc. v. IBM Corp., et al., Represents Cisco in a patent infringement litigation in the Eastern District of Virginia. The plaintiff asserted 11 patents related to encryption and network hardware technology against Cisco and several other defendants. In connection with defending Cisco, we performed significant analysis on the network hardware at issue. The court stayed the case for all defendants except for IBM, which won summary judgment of noninfringement. The case is currently on appeal to the Federal Circuit.
TecSec, Inc. v. IBM Corp., et al., No. 1:10-cv-115 (E.D. Va. filed Feb. 5, 2010). *Experience gained by attorney prior to joining Kilpatrick Townsend Publications 31 May 2011, What You Know May Hurt You, but What You Try to Avoid Knowing May Hurt Just as Much: The Supreme Court Requires Knowledge of Patent Infringement to Justify Liability for Inducing Infringement, but "Willful Blindness" to Such Knowledge Equally Satisfies the "Knowledge" Requirement Under §271(b), Legal Alerts 28 June 2010, Supreme Court Rejects Bright-Line Test For Patentable Subject Matter, Legal Alerts News 05 January 2012, Six Kilpatrick Townsend Attorneys Named to the Fifth Annual Edition of Benchmark Litigation, News Releases 15 December 2011, Kilpatrick Townsend Attorneys Named 2011 "Legal Elite", News Releases 06 September 2011, Kilpatrick Townsend Earns Record-Breaking Recognition in Annual Best Lawyers in America 2012, News Releases 22 June 2011, Twenty-Seven Kilpatrick Townsend Attorneys Named to 2011 International Who's Who of Business Lawyers, News Releases 13 June 2011, Kilpatrick Townsend Again Earns Highest Recognition From CHAMBERS USA 2011, News Releases 02 March 2011, Kilpatrick Townsend Once Again Achieves Top Recognition in 2011 Georgia Super Lawyers, News Releases 13 December 2010, Kilpatrick Stockton Attorneys Named 2010 "Legal Elite", News Releases 24 September 2010, Twenty-Seven Kilpatrick Stockton Attorneys Named to 2010 International Who's Who of Business Lawyers, News Releases 12 August 2010, Kilpatrick Stockton Earns Record-Breaking Recognition in Annual Best Lawyers in America 2011, News Releases 23 June 2010, Kilpatrick Stockton Again Named Leading Firm for Labor & Employment by Chambers USA 2010, News Releases 21 June 2010, Kilpatrick Stockton Earns National Ranking from Chambers USA 2010 in Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets, News Releases 21 June 2010, Kilpatrick Stockton Again Named Top Firm in Georgia for Intellectual Property by Chambers USA 2010, News Releases 14 June 2010, Kilpatrick Stockton Again Earns Highest Recognition From CHAMBERS USA 2010, News Releases 04 March 2010, Kilpatrick Stockton Ranked Number One in Five 2010 Georgia Super Lawyer Categories, News Releases 08 December 2009, Kilpatrick Stockton Attorneys Named 2009 "Legal Elite", News Releases 04 August 2009, Kilpatrick Stockton Earns Record-Breaking Recognition in Annual Best Lawyers in America 2010, News Releases 15 July 2009, Kilpatrick Stockton Once Again Named Leading Georgia Firm For Labor & Employment By Chambers USA 2009, News Releases 15 June 2009, Kilpatrick Stockton Once Again Earns Highest Recognition From Chambers USA, News Releases 08 April 2009, Kilpatrick Stockton Attorneys Named to 2009 International Who's Who of Business Lawyers, News Releases 25 March 2009, Kilpatrick Stockton Recognized for IP Coups, News Releases 02 March 2009, Kilpatrick Stockton Ranked Number One in Five Georgia Super Lawyer Categories, News Releases |