Legal Opinion
In re Silver
Texas Supreme Court
Decided February 23, 2018No. 16-0682PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Devine
*532In this petition for mandamus relief, relator Andrew Silver asks us to vacate the trial court's order compelling the production of e-mails between Silver and his non-attorney patent agent. The court of appeals, in a divided decision, denied Silver's mandamus petition. 500 S.W.3d 644 (Tex. App.-Dallas 2016, orig. proceeding). The court concluded that the communications between Silver and his patent agent were not protected from discovery because Texas law does not recognize a patent-agent privilege. Id. at 646-47. Silver contends, however, that the documents are protected under Texas Rule of…
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