James R. Perkins

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Cole Schotz

James R. Perkins is a member in Cole Schotz’s Litigation and Intellectual Property Departments and is resident in the Dallas, Texas office.

James brings an engineer’s mind and years of experience handling complex commercial disputes to the Cole Schotz team.

James’ practice focuses primarily on representing patent owners in complex patent litigation in Federal courts across the nation. James has helped win favorable outcomes for his clients against some of the largest companies in the world, including numerous Fortune 100 companies. He also has experience in matters involving antitrust, false advertising under the Lanham Act, unfair competition, trade secret misappropriation, the False Claims Act, and construction litigation, among others.

Prior to joining the firm, James practiced at boutique litigation firms in Dallas, Texas.

Recent Articles by James R. Perkins

The Importance of Auditing Components to Avoid ITC Jurisdiction

Your company (or your client’s company) is an American company. All your offices and employees are here in the United States, likely in the same location. You assemble your products or devices here. You purchase all the parts and components that you don’t make yourself from other American companies, probably by calling or emailing their American salespeople that you have a longtime relationship with. And you sell your products to other American companies. Surely your company thus cannot be sued for patent infringement in the International Trade Commission (ITC), whose mission is to “investigate and make determinations in proceedings involving imports claimed to injure a domestic industry or violate U.S. intellectual property rights.” Not so fast.

August 22, 2023

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