Kelly B. Tidwell

Kelly B. Tidwell is a partner at the Texarkana, Texas firm Patton, Tidwell & Culbertson, L.L.P., where his practice includes complex civil and commercial litigation. While the firm handles a range of matters including antitrust and products liability, Mr. Tidwell frequently serves as local counsel in patent infringement litigation in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. His patent case work has involved various technologies, including wearable health-tracking devices, mobile communications, and display standards.

Based on court filings, Mr. Tidwell represents both plaintiffs and defendants in intellectual property disputes. The single tracked case in the provided data shows him representing defendant Oura Health Oy in a patent suit brought by Zepp Inc. concerning smart ring technology. However, public dockets show he has also represented patent plaintiffs, including ImberaTek LLC against Lenovo and General Video, LLC against Hewlett-Packard. His firm often works alongside larger national firms on these patent cases.

Mr. Tidwell has been involved in litigation connected to proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). In a notable case representing plaintiff Maxell against Apple, the parties reached a settlement shortly before a trial was scheduled to begin, which also resolved pending inter partes review (IPR) proceedings at the PTAB concerning patents on mobile technology. Other dockets also show him as counsel in cases with related PTAB activity.

Mr. Tidwell was admitted to the Texas bar in 1987 after graduating from South Texas College of Law Houston. He is also licensed to practice in Arkansas and is admitted to the Fifth and Eighth Circuit Courts of Appeals.