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James G. Wood

DEEP WATER SLENDER WELLS, LTD. v. SHELL OIL COMPANY

DEEP WATER SLENDER WELLS, LTD. v. SHELL OIL COMPANY

Civil Action H-12-1166.

Deep Water Slender Wells, Ltd., et al., Plaintiffs, v. Shell Oil Company, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Texas.

November 22, 2013.

Opinion on Summary Judgment

LYNN N. HUGHES, District Judge.

1. Introduction.

Beginning in 1998, James G. Wood told Shell Oil Company about designs to use smaller-diameter equipment for drilling in deep water. In 2004, the United States Patent Office awarded Peter Azancot a patent on drilling a small-bore well in deep water. Wood asserts that he is the sole inventor of the technology in Azancot’s patent. Shell responds that both Wood’s delay in bringing this claim and having brought other suits against Shell preclude his claim for inventorship. Shell will prevail. read more

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Another alleged case of IP theft hits Royal Dutch Shell

By John Donovan

Whilst trawling through cases filed against Shell on the U.S. Court system electronic records, I came across a claim filed on 17 April 2012.

It is yet another case alleging that Shell has misappropriated intellectual property.

Our own problems with Shell arose from the serial theft of ideas we disclosed to the company in strictest confidence. We had to sue four times over a period of several years. Shell eventually settled all of our claims, but only after we were besieged by unethical activity designed to intimidate our witnesses and frighten us into abandoning the litigation. read more

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U.S. Courts: Shell in deepwater, accused of more IP theft (revised article)


 

 

 

 

By John Donovan

13 August 2008

Trawling the Internet seeking information about Court cases involving Shell, we stumbled across details of current litigation in the U.S. Courts against Shell International for alleged theft of Intellectual Property.

I personally know of several High Court Actions successfully brought against Shell on the same grounds, all by me. All resulted in media coverage.

Is Shell not concerned that it must be losing out from parties no longer willing to disclose ideas to the group because of its reputation as a serial poacher and predator of Intellectual Property? read more

This website and sisters royaldutchshellplc.com, shellnazihistory.com, royaldutchshell.website, johndonovan.website, and shellnews.net, are owned by John Donovan. There is also a Wikipedia segment.

U.S. Courts: Shell in deepwater, accused of more IP theft

U.S. Courts: Shell in deepwater, accused of more IP theft

By John Donovan

12 August 2008

Trawling the Internet seeking information about Court cases involving Shell, we stumbled across details of current litigation in the U.S. Courts against Shell International for alleged theft of Intellectual Property.

I personally know of several High Court Actions successfully brought against Shell on the same grounds, all by me. All resulted in media coverage.

Is Shell not concerned that it must be losing out from parties no longer willing to disclose ideas to the group because of its reputation as a serial poacher and predator of Intellectual Property? read more

This website and sisters royaldutchshellplc.com, shellnazihistory.com, royaldutchshell.website, johndonovan.website, and shellnews.net, are owned by John Donovan. There is also a Wikipedia segment.