In the two decades since they opened Dallas’ Sayles Werbner, Richard Sayles and Mark Werbner had never tried a case together until they represented Commil USA in federal court in Marshall, a collaboration that led to victory — twice.
On April 8, the retrial in Commil USA LLC v. Cisco Systems Inc. resulted in a $63.8 million verdict. The jury, which deliberated less than two hours, decided Cisco had induced infringement on a patent for wireless technology developed by three Israeli engineers; Commil had purchased that patent in 2006 for $400,000, Werbner says.
