SAN FRANCISCO — An Illinois federal judge has sanctioned Raymond Niro Sr. and his law firm in a wireless patent case, finding that Niro and three of his colleagues knew about a client’s false declarations to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office before filing a lawsuit on his behalf.
U.S. District Judge William Hart on Friday held Niro, Haller & Niro jointly and severally liable for what’s likely to be several million dollars in attorney fees assessed against Intellect Wireless and inventor Daniel Henderson. The ruling ends a year of hotly contested wrangling over what Niro did and didn’t know, delivering a black eye to one of the country’s most prominent patent lawyers.
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