Beckley Singleton

As of September 1, 2007, the law firm of Beckley Singleton, a respected Nevada-based firm, merged with the regional firm Lewis and Roca LLP, which now operates as Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP. Consequently, Beckley Singleton no longer exists as an independent entity. This summary reflects the firm's patent litigation practice prior to its 2007 merger.

Prior to its merger, Beckley Singleton was a prominent regional law firm in Nevada with offices in Las Vegas and Reno and a diverse practice in business law and litigation. With 34 lawyers at the time of the merger, it was considered one of the state's oldest and largest firms. Public records do not indicate national rankings such as the AmLaw 100 for the firm during its time of operation.

The firm's documented patent litigation activity is limited but notable. It served as local counsel for the plaintiff, Symbol Technologies, in the landmark case Symbol Technologies, Inc. v. Lemelson Medical, Education & Research Foundation, LP. This complex and long-running litigation concerned patents related to machine vision and bar code scanning technology. Based on this appearance, the firm represented an operating company in a declaratory judgment action against a major patent licensing entity.

The Lemelson case was a significant piece of patent litigation in the early 2000s. The case ultimately resulted in a crucial Federal Circuit decision upholding the doctrine of prosecution laches, which rendered the asserted patent claims unenforceable due to the patent holder's unreasonable delay in prosecuting the patents. Allan R. Singer is the only attorney from the firm noted in the provided case data for this matter. There is no readily available public information regarding the firm's involvement in Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) proceedings, which were established after the firm's merger.