Gregory L. Porter

• Dresser-Rand Company v. Schutte & Koerting Acquisition Company, Kanaksinh Ashar, Anthony Jardine, and Does 1-5; No. 4:12-CV-184, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, Houston Division (Judge Miller). Defending against claims of trade secret misappropriation and copyright infringement.
  
• PlanDraft, Inc. v. Providian Manor Homes, L.P., Providian Manor Homes, Inc, PMH, GP, L.L.C., Peter Wandio, Peter Estevez, The Good Sons, L.L.C., Lazy Sun I, L.L.C., Walter Galdenzi, Susan Galdenzi, And Providian “John Doe” Companies 1-10; No. 4:10-CV-03739, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, Houston Division (Judge Hittner). Defended against claims of copyright infringement. Case settled.
  

The following represents experience prior to joining Andrews Kurth:

• Rydex, Ltd. v. General Motors LLC, et al., 4:11-cv-00122, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, Houston Division (Judge Keith P. Ellison, Judge Vanessa D. Gilmore, Judge Gray H. Miller Judge Ewing Werlein, Jr.). Defended against claims of patent infringement.
  
• Rydex, Ltd. v. Mastercard, Inc. and VISA, Inc.; 4:10-cv-267, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, Houston Division (Judge Lee H. Rosenthal). Defended against claims of patent infringement. Case settled.
• Frans Nooren Afdichingssytemen B.V. and Stopaq B.V. v. Stopaq Amcorr Inc. d/b/a AMCORR Products and Services and Dolphin Sealants, LLC, 4:10-cv-3150, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, Houston Division (Judge Lynn N. Hughes). Represented Stopaq B.V. and Nooren in a patent and trademark infringement action against Amcorr Products and Services and Dolphin Sealants LLC wherein the products pertain to anti-corrosion preparations which may be used on oil and gas pipelines.
• Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v. competitor, 4:10-cv-01787, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, Houston Division (Judge Lee H. Rosenthal). As lead counsel represented Chevron Corporation in obtaining a temporary restraining order against another entity preventing disclosure of trade secrets relating to a proprietary software program for interactive modeling, inversion, and interpretation of responses from various logging tools in different oil and gas formation environments.
• O&G Searchquest v. Proctor & Gamble Company, et al., 4:10-cv-00974, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, Houston Division (Judge Vanessa D. Gilmore). Defended against claims of false patent marking. Case dismissed.

• O&G Searchquest v. Proctor & Gamble Company, et al., 4:10-cv-01164, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, Houston Division, (Judge Nancy Atlas). Defended against claims of false patent marking. Case dismissed.
• Georgia-Pacific Gypsum, LLC v. New NGC, Inc., 4:08-cv-00166-HCM, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia, Rome Division (Judge Harold L. Murphy). Represented patentee in patent infringement case. Case settled.
• Baker Hughes et al. v. PathFinder Energy Services, Inc., et al., 07-02623, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, Houston Division (Judge Gilmore). As lead counsel defended PathFinder Energy Services, Inc. and three of its employees against claims including trade secret misappropriation, breach of contract, tortious interference, breach of fiduciary duty, and Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. The case settled while PathFinder's motion for summary judgment was pending.
  
• Negotiated Data Solutions LLC v. Dell, Inc., 2:06-cv-528 (TJW), U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division (Judge John T. Ward). Represented Dell Inc. in a patent infringement case brought by Negotiated Data Solutions in the Eastern District of Texas. The patents-in-suit relate to network data transmission technology.
  
• Scientific Drilling International, Inc. v. PathFinder Energy Services, Inc., et al., H-06-1634, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, Houston Division (Judge Hittner) after removal. As lead counsel defended PathFinder Energy Services and four of its employees against a damage claim of over $250 million for alleged misappropriation of trade secrets and confidential information, tortious interference, and breach of fiduciary duty. After winning summary judgment on a breach of contract counterclaim on behalf of the four employees, the case settled favorably.
  
• Stinger Wellhead Protection, Incorporated v. Boyd’s Bit Service, Inc., et al., No. 2005CVF000224D3 in 341st District Court, Webb County, Texas (Judge Ender). As lead counsel defended Boyd's Bit Service and its employee against ten causes of action including trade secret misappropriation, defalcation, breach of contract, tortious interference, fraud, and breach of fiduciary duty. Upon taking the case over from another firm and obtaining a successful reversal of a prior "death penalty" sanction, the case was settled.
  
• Minka Lighting Inc. v. Trans Globe Imports, et al.; 2:03-cv-04096, U.S. District Court, Central District of California, Western Division - Los Angeles (Judge Dale S. Fischer). Represented owner of design patents. Case settled.
  
• Minka Lighting Inc. v. Trans Globe Imports, et al.; 5:03-cv-00789, U.S. District Court, Central District of California, Eastern Division - Riverside (Judge Virginia A. Phillips). Represented owner of design patents. Case settled.
  
• Bel Air Lighting Inc. v. Minka Lighting Inc.; 5:03-v-00126, U.S. District Court, Central District of California, Eastern Division - Riverside (Judge Virginia A. Phillips). Represented owner of design patents.  Case settled.
  
• Dyna-Drill Technologies, Inc. et al. v. Kennametal d/b/a Conforma Clad, Inc., H-03-0599, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, Houston Division (Judge Ellison). As lead counsel successfully defended Dyna-Drill Technologies, Inc. against a damages claim by Kennametal of nearly $60 million for alleged trade secret misappropriation, tortious interference, and breach of contract. After a 13 day trial, the jury found Dyna-Drill owed no damages and had independently developed its tungsten carbide coatings used on radial bearings for downhole mud motors for oil and gas drilling.
  
• Robert Wyne v. Medo Industries Inc.; 1:02-cv-01812-RBD, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland (Baltimore), (Judge Richard D. Bennett). Defended Medo Industries against claims of trade secret misappropriation obtaining summary judgment which was affirmed on appeal.
  
• Urologix Inc. v. ProstaLund Operations AB, et al.; 02-00318, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin (Judge Adelman). Defended against patent infringement claims and motion for preliminary injunction. Patent invalidated on summary judgment.
  
• Auto Wax Co., Inc. v. Mark VProducts, Inc.; 99-00982, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas (Judge Lynn). Represented patent and trademark owner and obtained large jury verdict and treble damages after a thirteen day jury trial.
• Dow Chemical Co. v. Sumitomo Chem. Co., 257 F.3d 1364, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Before Clevenger, Rader, and Gajarsa, Circuit Judges); (Decided July 25, 2001, Corrected:  July 27, 2001) and Dow Chemical Co. v. Sumitomo Chem. Co., 96-10330, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan-Bay City (Judge Victoria A. Roberts). Represented patentee in obtaining large settlement after four successful reexaminations and appeal.