Jackson Walker L.L.P. :: John M. Jackson
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Practice Areas
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Biography
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For more than 13 years, John M. Jackson has represented a wide variety of clients in intellectual property and complex commercial litigation matters in state and federal courts throughout the country and in the International Trade Commission.
Mr. Jackson has served as trial counsel in more than 40 patent infringement lawsuits, including numerous cases in the Tyler, Marshall, and Texarkana Divisions of the Eastern District of Texas. He has tried a major patent infringement case to a jury and has considerable experience with all aspects of the claim construction or Markman process in patent infringement lawsuits. Mr. Jackson's patent infringement lawsuits have involved a wide variety of technology including software, internet applications, consumer electronics, mechanical devices, chemical compositions, and business methods. He also has substantial experience obtaining and resisting temporary restraining orders, preliminary, and permanent injunctions.
Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Jackson clerked for the Honorable Jane J. Boyle, U.S. Magistrate Judge for the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas.
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Representative Matters
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REPRESENTATIVE PATENT LITIGATION MATTERS
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Mobility Electronics, Inc. v. Formosa Electronics Industries, Inc. et al., (E.D. Tex. and ITC). Counsel for Mobility Electronics in a patent and trade secret misappropriation lawsuit involving power adapter technology. Following a Markman hearing, the district court issued a claim construction order construing the vast majority of disputed claim terms in Mobility's favor. Mobility settled its claims against all five defendants on favorable terms.
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DR Systems, Inc. v. Merge Technologies, Inc., et al., (S.D. Cal.). Counsel for ScImage and BRIT Systems, Inc. in patent suit involving alleged infringement of patents concerning automated medical imaging and archival systems. Case settled on very favorable terms shortly after Defendants served their invalidity contentions.
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Comarco Wireless Technologies v. Mobility Electronics, Inc. et al., (D. Ariz.). Counsel for Mobility Electronics in lawsuit involving alleged infringement of patents relating to power adapters. Following an evidentiary hearing, after which the court gave credence to Mobility's invalidity defense, the court denied Comarco's request for injunctive relief. The lawsuit settled shortly thereafter. The denial of the injunction allowed Mobility's flagship product, a combination AC/DC power adapter, to stay on the market.
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E-Data Corporation v. The New York Times, et al., (E.D. Tex.). Co-counsel for The New York Times in patent suit involving systems for reproducing information in material objects at a point-of-sale location. Obtained transfer to the Southern District of New York.
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Orion IP, LLC v. Xerox Corp., et al., & Orion IP, LLC v. Costco, et al. (E.D. Tex.). Counsel for five defendants in lawsuits involving alleged patent infringement of two business method patents by company websites. Case settled on favorable terms.
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REPRESENTATIVE LITIGATION INVOLVING COPYRIGHT, TRADEMARK AND TRADE SECRETS
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Avaya, Inc. v. Chris Williams, (N.D. Tex.). Obtained a temporary restraining order, preliminary and permanent injunctions to prevent the disclosure of trade secrets by a former employee.
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Served as co-counsel for Motion Picture Association of America in numerous copyright infringement cases involving the reproduction of motion pictures, television programs and other copyrighted works via the BitTorrent network. Cases either settled on favorable terms or resulted in a judgment and permanent injunction.
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REPRESENTATIVE COMMERCIAL LITIGATION
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ASD Specialty Healthcare, Inc. v. Massachusetts Biologic Laboratories, (State District Court, Dallas, Texas). Counsel for MBL in suit to rescind $34 million contract. The court granted MBL's motion to dismiss and enforced a forum selection clause in the contract.
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Shawne Fielding, et al. v. Hubert Burda Media, Inc., et al., 415 F.3d 419 (5th Cir. 2005). Counsel for Bertelsmann in libel suit filed by the former Swiss Ambassador to Germany and his wife, a former Mrs. Texas. The district court granted Bertelsmann's motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. In a published decision, the Fifth Circuit affirmed.
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Herrmann Holdings Ltd. et al. v. Lucent Technologies, Inc., (N.D. Tex. and Fifth Circuit). Counsel for Lucent in dispute arising out of merger agreement. Published decision: 302 F.3d 552 (5th Cir. 2002).
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Memberships
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Mr. Jackson serves on the Judiciary Committee for the Dallas Bar Association.
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Community
Involvement
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The Cedar Hill City Council recently reappointed Mr. Jackson to the Community Development Corporation Board for the City of Cedar Hill. The Board administers the half-cent community development sales tax and sets programs and policies for the use of the funds. Mr. Jackson has served on the Community Development Corporation Board since 2005. From 2003 through 2005, he served on the Cedar Hill Human Relations Committee.
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Admitted
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- Texas, 1997
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals For the Federal Circuit
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
Mr. Jackson has been specially admitted in state or federal courts in Arizona, California, Idaho, and Massachusetts.
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Education
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B.B.A., with high honors, Davenport College
J.D., magna cum laude, University of Illinois College of Law
- Author, Recent Decisions Section of the Illinois Bar Journal
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Publications & Speaking Engagements
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