Mr. Eric Stephen Schlichter

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Partner

  Firm Name

  Sheppard Mullin
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Experience: Eric's experience includes numerous litigation matters in federal
  state courts, including multiple jury
  bench trials in the federal courts in Texas. Eric's recent experience includes the following: Represented a global manufacturer of power generation
  distribution equipment in patent infringement litigation
  Inter Partes Review proceeding involving circuit breakers with integrated grounding switches.
  Represented an oil
  gas service company in an International Trade Commission investigation involving drill bit technology.
  Represented multiple oil
  gas service companies in patent infringement litigation involving float equipment technology.
  Represented numerous microprocessor manufacturers in patent infringement litigation involving power reduction methods in integrated circuits.
  Represented numerous microprocessor manufacturers in patent infringement litigation involving testing
  debugging of integrated circuits.
  Represented an oil
  gas equipment
  services company in multiple Inter Partes Review proceedings involving fracking equipment.
  Represented multiple offshore drilling contractors in separate patent infringement litigations regarding multi-activity offshore drilling vessels.
  Represented a major retailer in multiple patent infringement litigations involving website functionality.
  Represented a drilling contractor in the horizontal directional drilling industry for infrastructure development in a theft of trade secrets litigation.
  Represented an oil
  gas equipment
  services company in a patent infringement litigation regarding oil
  gas well drilling rigs.
  Represented an oil
  gas equipment
  services company in a patent infringement litigation regarding pumps for oilfield equipment.
  Represented an oil
  gas equipment
  services company in a patent infringement litigation regarding cementing equipment for oil
  gas wells.
  Represented an oil
  gas equipment
  services company in multiple patent infringement litigations regarding environmental protection equipment used on oil
  gas well drilling rigs.
  Represented an oil
  gas equipment
  services company in a patent infringement
  theft of trade secret litigation regarding casing liner running equipment.
  Represented a wireless telecommunication equipment
  services company in a patent infringement litigation involving telecommunications, data access,
  processing technology.
  Represented an oilfield services company in several Inter Partes Reviews (IPRs) on patents related to plunger lift equipment for gas wells.
  Represented an oil
  gas exploration company in patent infringement litigation regarding methods of drilling oil
  gas wells.
  Represented an oilfield services company in several patent infringement litigations
  an appeal regarding plunger lift equipment for gas wells.
  Represented oilfield equipment
  services providers in multiple patent infringement litigations regarding composite downhole plugs for oil
  gas wells.