Longview lawyer T. John “Johnny” Ward Jr. has settled the defamation suit he filed against Cisco Systems Inc. over a posting on the Patent Troll Tracker blog.
That Oct. 18, 2007, posting by Patent Troll Tracker blogger Richard Frenkel — then a Cisco in-house lawyer — had alleged that Ward and Longview lawyer Eric Albritton conspired with the Eastern District of Texas clerk’s office to alter the filing date of an infringement suit, allegations denied by all. [See "Patent Attorneys Sue Cisco Systems, Blogger, Alleging Defamation," Texas Lawyer, March 17, 2008, page 1.]
