Microsoft Renews Push for Sanctions Against Texas IP Firm (1)

Microsoft Corp. asked a Texas federal judge to order Ramey LLP to pay $100,000 in sanctions for maintaining a patent-infringement lawsuit against the tech giant after the patent owner asked the law firm to dismiss.

CTD Networks LLC’s replacement counsel, Joseph Zito of DNL Zito, told Microsoft his client never approved certain litigation tactics by its former counsel Ramey, according to a renewed motion for sanctions filed June 14 in the US District Court for the Western District of Texas. Microsoft said Ramey didn’t inform CTD it was filing an amended complaint on the patent owner’s behalf and refused its ...