On March 14, 2014 the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, at the request of The Storm Law Firm, dismissed the case brought by Nissim Corp. against Clearplay, Inc., a Storm Law Firm client. This decision ends nearly ten years of Nissim’s litigation against ClearPlay based on allegations of patent infringement and purported violations of the parties’ settlement agreement—allegations that Nissim failed to prove before...

The Storm Law Firm filed a petition today in the district Court of Travis County’s 53rd district on behalf of the producers of the motion picture Machete Kills. The petition addresses the arbitrary application of Texas law by members of the Texas Film Commission and other government officials to discriminate against Machete Productions, LLC by denying a grant of taxpayer funds based solely on the supposed political message of the...

On May 15, 2013, The Storm Law Firm, acting as counsel of record, filed a petition for a writ of certiorari on behalf of ClearPlay, Inc. in the United States Supreme Court. The petition raises two important issues related to patent licensing, and about which the federal circuit courts—including the Eleventh Circuit and the Federal Circuit—have issued conflicting decisions. ClearPlay is a producer of parental-control “filtering”...

In April 2013, The Storm Law Firm PLLC celebrated its first anniversary since its formation as a boutique appellate and trial practice. After 10 years working with large and mid-size law firms, the firm’s founder, Eric B. Storm, decided it was time to open a firm committed to providing top-tier legal representation with a flexible business model that is dedicated to client service. The results have been outstanding. During its first year, the...

On September 4, 2011, an enormous wildfire swept through the piney woods of Bastrop County, burning hundreds of homes and causing unprecedented property damage. According to the Texas Forest Service, the fire, which spread between Bastrop and Paige, Texas, blackened more than 50 square miles and burned more than 1,700 homes and businesses—a record number destroyed in a single fire in Texas history. The home of our lead attorney’s parents,...