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IN RE SILVER

No. 16-0682.

540 S.W.3d 530 (2018)

IN RE Andrew SILVER, Relator.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Opinion Delivered: February 23, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jane Langdell Robinson , Demetrios Anaipakos , Edward B. Goolsby , Iftikhar `Ifti' Ahmed , Timothy C. Shelby , Ahmad, Zavitsanos, Anaipakos, Alavi & Mensing, P.C., Houston, TX, for Relator Andrew Silver.

Brett C. Govett , Jason K. Fagelman , Nathan B. Baum , Robert L. Greeson , Warren S. Huang , Norton Rose Fulbright U.S. LLP, Dallas, TX, for Real Party in Interest Tabletop Media, LLC.

Peter E. Mims , Vinson & Elkins, Houston, TX, for Amicus Curiae American Intellectual Property Law Association.

Stephen Dartt , Dechert LLP, Austin, TX, for Amicus Curiae Austin Intellectual Property Law Association.

Christopher T. Blackford , Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP, Washington, DC, for Fédération Internationale Des Conseils En Propriété Intellectuelle.

Lawrence J. Fox, New Haven, CT, pro se.

Robert Alan Blackwell , Blackwell Blackburn & Singer, LLP, Dallas, TX, for Amicus Curiae Lawrence J. Fox.

Daniel J. Krueger , Iselin Law PLLC, Cypress, TX, for Amicus Curiae Houston Intellectual Property Law Association.

David Hricik, Macon, GA, pro se.

Richard F. Phillips , ExxonMobil Corporation, Baytown, TX, Sparkle T. Ellison , Boulware & Valoir, Houston, TX, for Amicus Curiae Intellectual Property Owners Association.

Ian B. Crosby , Susman Godfrey LLP, Seattle, WA, Louis J. Hoffman , Hoffman Patent Firm, Scottsdale, AZ, Shawn D. Blackburn , Susman Godfrey LLP, Houston, TX, for National Association of Patent Practitioners, Inc.

In this petition for mandamus relief, relator Andrew Silver asks us to vacate the trial court's order compelling the production of e-mails between Silver and his non-attorney patent agent. The court of appeals, in a divided decision, denied Silver's mandamus petition. 500 S.W.3d...

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