Apple Tormentor Parlays Patent Verdicts Into Brand-Name Clients

April 9, 2020, 10:30 AM UTC

Caldwell Cassady & Curry PC has been a thorn in Apple Inc.’s side.

Since it was founded seven years ago by three thirty-something McKool Smith alums, the small Dallas law firm has raked in more than $1 billion in patent verdicts against the iPhone maker.

A good chunk of the verdicts are still being disputed, but they have turned heads. The firm’s work for a few clients, software developer VirnetX Holdings Corp., in particular, has been a launching point, opening the door to new work and helping the firm muscle its way into a crowded patent litigation market.

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