John F. Summers

Top rated Intellectual Property Litigation attorney in Dallas, Texas

Caldwell Cassady & Curry

Practice areas: Intellectual Property Litigation, Business Litigation

Licensed in Texas since: 2011

Education: The University of Texas School of Law

Selected to Rising Stars: 2018 - 2022, 2025

Caldwell Cassady & Curry

2121 N Pearl St
Suite 1200
Dallas, TX 75201 Phone: 214-888-4858 Email: John F. Summers Visit website

John Summers is a trial and appellate lawyer who handles commercial and intellectual property litigation for clients in a variety of industries. John represents both plaintiffs and defendants in state and federal courts in courtroom trials and civil appeals. His experience includes cases involving patents, trademarks, trade secrets, business torts, contracts, real property, class action claims, and co-founder disputes. John also has litigation expertise involving multiple technologies, including VPNs, digital rights management, data-center design, user-interface design, orthopedic implants, and semiconductor manufacturing.

First Admitted: 2011, Texas

Verdicts / Settlements (Case Results)

Trial counsel for Acantha LLP in the company's patent infringement claims against DePuy Synthes, a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary. Following an August 2018 trial in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, a unanimous jury awarded John's client a verdict of $8.2 million based on DePuy's infringement of an Acantha patent covering an orthopedic implant assembly., 2018

Honors

John has been selected to the annual Texas Rising Stars list of the state's top young lawyers since 2018 based on his work in intellectual property litigation., Texas Super Lawyers Rising Stars, Thomson Reuters, 2019