[4] At Baylor Law, he also received American Jurisprudence Awards for Excellence in Contracts and Federal Courts.
[8] Davis received the New York Intellectual Property Law Association's "Outstanding Public Service Award" in 2016 for his contributions to intellectual property law[8] During his tenure on the federal bench, Davis presided over 1,700 patent cases[9] and more than 250 Markman hearings (or claim construction hearings).
[8] Among the significant patent decisions Davis ruled on during his tenure on the bench included the case of i4i v. Microsoft[10][circular reference], which resulted in a $290 million willful infringement jury verdict against Microsoft, and which was further upheld on appeal by both the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the United States Supreme Court.
[9][11][1] In the case of VirnetX v. Apple, the jury rendered a $368 million verdict which was later overturned on appeal to the Federal Circuit.
[9] In the Eolas v. Adobe Systems, et al case, a patentee seeking a royalty on the entire "interactive web" was defeated in a trial in which Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee testified for the defense.