TESCO CORP. v. NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO, L.P.

No. 2015-1041.

804 F.3d 1367 (2015)

TESCO CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO, L.P., Offshore Energy Services, Inc., Frank's International, LLC, Defendants-Appellees. v. Glenn A. Ballard, Jr., John F. Luman, III, Interested Parties-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

October 30, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Wesley Raley, III , Raley & Bowick, LLP, Houston, TX, argued for defendant-appellee National Oilwell Varco, L.P. Also represented by Robert McGee Bowick, Jr. , Bradford Turner Laney .

Clayton James Bushman , Bushman & Associates, Houston, TX, for defendant-appellee Offshore Energy Services, Inc. Also represented by Erin Werner .

Lester L. Hewitt , Attorney at Law, Houston TX, for defendant-appellee Frank's International, LLC. Also represented by Sarah J. Ring , David R. Clonts , James L. Duncan, III , Ashley M. Brown , Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, Houston, TX; Rex S. Heinke , Los Angeles, CA.

Grant Harvey , Gibbs & Bruns, Houston, TX, argued for interested parties-appellants. Also represented by Jeffrey C. Kubin , Ayesha Najam ; William F. Lee , Richard Wells O'Neill , Katie Saxton , Michaela P. Sewall , Caitlin Looby , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Boston, MA.

Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge O'MALLEY. Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge NEWMAN.


Plaintiff Tesco Corporation ("Tesco") and interested parties-appellants Glenn A. Ballard, Jr. and John F. Luman, III (collectively "the Attorneys") filed this appeal from a decision of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas dismissing Tesco's patent...

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