Farney Daniels

Farney Daniels is a Texas-based intellectual property boutique firm with offices in Georgetown, TX, Dallas, TX, San Mateo, CA, and Brooklyn, NY. The firm is not listed in AmLaw or Chambers rankings for Intellectual Property nationwide, New York, or Texas, suggesting it operates as a specialized IP boutique rather than a large full-service firm.

Farney Daniels focuses its IP litigation practice primarily on patent matters, particularly in technologies such as telecommunications, computer hardware and software, Internet technologies, medical devices, and biotechnology. This is evidenced by their involvement in cases like DISH Wireless L.L.C. et al. v. International Business Machines Corporation and numerous lawsuits for MPHJ Technology Investments, LLC, which involved patents related to networked computer scanning systems.

The firm predominantly represents plaintiffs in patent litigation, with six out of eight tracked appearances being on the plaintiff side. Notably, William Bryan Farney served as lead counsel in all six plaintiff-side MPHJ Technology Investments, LLC cases, which involved asserting patents related to network computer scanning technology against various companies including D-Link Systems, Inc., Lexmark International, Inc., and J.C. Penney Company, Inc. The firm also represented MPHJ Technology Investments, LLC as a defendant in a significant case brought by the Federal Trade Commission, which resulted in a settlement preventing the firm and its client from making deceptive representations when asserting patent rights.

While no specific public verdicts or Federal Circuit appeals were detailed for the DISH Wireless or most MPHJ Technology Investments cases beyond the FTC settlement, William Bryan Farney has a background in high-profile cases, including a drug patent infringement dispute (Cephalon, Inc. v. Nang Kuang Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., et al.) and successfully representing Ecolab, Inc. in another case. The firm's partners, Steven R. Daniels and David P. Swenson, were also involved in appeals to the Federal Circuit concerning Vermont v. MPHJ Technology Investments, LLC.

The firm's public profile does not specifically detail a high-volume PTAB/IPR practice. However, individual attorneys like Steven R. Daniels have experience with inter partes reviews before the PTAB in other roles. William Bryan Farney and Steven R. Daniels are key partners, appearing in seven out of the firm's eight tracked cases. David C. Swenson also shows notable involvement in patent litigation matters. William Bryan Farney has been recognized in "Best Lawyers in America" for patent litigation and as "Austin Biotechnology Law 'Lawyer of the Year'" in 2015.