| Patent Trial Lawyer Richard Sayles Featured in The Dallas Morning News |
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Sayles Werbner co-founder discusses his victory in the largest patent verdict in U.S. history. DALLAS – Sayles Werbner co-founder Richard Sayles is featured in a recent story published by The Dallas Morning News that focuses on the increased role of patent law in corporate America and Mr. Sayles’ win in the largest patent verdict in U.S. history. To read the entire article, click here. In the story published Jan. 31, 2010, Mr. Sayles discusses his work in Centocor Inc. v. Abbott Laboratories. Working with a team of attorneys from Sayles Werbner and counsel from the Philadelphia law firm of Woodcock Washburn, Mr. Sayles helped Johnson & Johnson’s Centocor unit protect a valuable patent used to produce a drug that treats rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune diseases. Following Mr. Sayles’ stirring closing argument, a jury sitting in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas awarded his client $1.67 billion. The award represents the country’s largest verdict of 2009 and stands as the largest patent verdict in U.S. history. |