Mann Tindel & Thompson

Based on an analysis of the firm's litigation history and available public information as of May 10, 2026, the following is a professional summary of Mann Tindel & Thompson's patent litigation practice.

Mann Tindel & Thompson is a Texas-based litigation boutique with offices in Henderson and Tyler. Based on attorney listings and State Bar of Texas data, it operates as a small regional trial firm with a team of approximately 2-5 attorneys. The firm's practice areas include intellectual property litigation alongside commercial litigation and personal injury. Consistent with its size and regional focus, the firm is not presently ranked in national surveys such as The Am Law 100 or Chambers USA for its patent litigation practice.

The firm's patent litigation work, based on tracked cases, centers on software and wireless communications technologies. This includes experience in matters involving GPS-based location data exchange for mobile applications and Wi-Fi networking standards. The limited public record of two tracked patent cases shows a balanced representation practice; the firm has acted as local counsel for a plaintiff patent holder in one matter and for a large operating company defendant in another. This suggests a capacity to handle litigation from either side rather than a strict preference for plaintiffs or defendants.

Mann Tindel & Thompson's role in its most prominent tracked cases has been as local counsel in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. In X One, Inc. v. Uber Technologies, Inc., the firm represented the plaintiff, whose patents related to GPS tracking technology were challenged by Uber. While the district court denied Uber's early motion to dismiss, a related inter partes review (IPR) proceeding ultimately resulted in a Federal Circuit decision finding the patent claims unpatentable as obvious. The firm also served as local counsel for the defendant in Atlas Global Technologies LLC v. Cisco Systems, Inc., a case involving Wi-Fi technology asserted by a well-known non-practicing entity (NPE).

There is no readily available public information to suggest the firm maintains a significant practice filing or defending IPRs before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). The firm's key attorneys with experience in patent matters include founding partners J. Mark Mann and G. Blake Thompson, who have been named in the firm's tracked patent case appearances. Partner Andy Tindel is also listed as practicing in the area of patent infringement actions.