Touchcom, Inc. v. Bereskin & Parr

ON MOTION

MAYER, Circuit Judge.

ORDER

Bereskin & Parr (B & P) and H. Samuel Frost move to disqualify the law firms of Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, LLP (Wildman Harrold) and Capsalis, Bruce & Reaser PLC (Capsalis Bruce) from representing Touchcom, Inc. et al. (Touchcom) in this appeal. Touchcom opposes. B & P and Frost reply.

B & P is a Canadian intellectual property firm, and Frost is a patent agent who works for B & P. Frost prepared a series of patent applications for Touchcom that resulted in the issuance of a United States patent. Touchcom sued Dresser, Inc. in 2003 alleging that Dresser…