Mann | Tindel | Thompson

Firm Summary: Mann | Tindel | Thompson
Date: 2026-05-02

Mann | Tindel | Thompson is a Texas-based litigation boutique known for handling high-stakes patent infringement cases, particularly in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Texas. With offices in Tyler and Henderson, the firm is a regional litigation shop rather than a national "BigLaw" firm and does not appear in AmLaw or Chambers and Partners rankings. The practice is led by founding partners J. Mark Mann, Andy Tindel, and G. Blake Thompson, who all list intellectual property and patent litigation as core components of their practices.

The firm has established a clear specialty in representing patent holders in complex technology disputes. This is highlighted by the firm's representation of Atlas Global Technologies, a licensor of Wi-Fi 6 standard-essential patents, in its case against Walmart. The partners' experience also includes litigation involving information processing technology, semiconductors, and wireless communications standards. The firm often acts as local or co-counsel for major national law firms representing plaintiffs in Texas district courts.

Based on its tracked cases and notable public victories, Mann | Tindel | Thompson operates almost exclusively on the plaintiff side, representing patent owners and patent assertion entities (PAEs). The firm's single tracked case is a plaintiff-side matter, and publicly announced results show a consistent pattern of representing patent holders against large technology companies. There is no public record of the firm having a significant defense-side practice in patent matters.

The firm has been involved as counsel in some of the largest patent verdicts of the past several years. Partners from the firm were part of the trial teams that secured a $949 million jury verdict for VLSI Technology against Intel in a patent infringement lawsuit in the Western District of Texas. They were also counsel for VLSI in a prior trial that resulted in a $2.18 billion verdict against Intel. Additionally, J. Mark Mann and G. Blake Thompson served as counsel for the California Institute of Technology in its successful litigation against Apple and Broadcom, which resulted in a $1.1 billion jury award for the infringement of Wi-Fi patents, and in related infringement actions against Microsoft. There is no evidence of a significant Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) practice for inter partes review (IPR) proceedings.