Experience

• • Prevailed at the ITC, the US district court, and twice before the Federal Circuit on behalf of Intel, Apple and Hewlett-Packard after X2Y Attenuators LLC claimed that Intel’s microprocessors, and the Apple and HP computers containing them, infringed multiple X2Y patents. 
  • Represented Medtronic and its subsidiary, Covidien, against a two-patent lawsuit in the District of Delaware, reaching a favorable settlement for a fraction of the exposed revenue. 
  • Defending Dropbox in multiple infringement cases in the Western District of Texas and in multiple post-grant proceedings. 
  • Defending a bank accused of allegedly infringing patents covering mobile check deposit technology in the Eastern District of Texas.
  • Representing a leading research university in scores of patent prosecutions involving a wide range of technologies, from medical devices to robotics to nanoparticles.
  • Successfully represented a major software company as a patent owner in an IPR petition and defended the company a patent infringement action.
  • Successfully defended a multinational financial services group against infringement claims involving a patent related to a system for authenticating public encryption keys using certificates issued by trusted third parties, among others. 
  • Obtained a summary judgment of non-infringement on behalf of an international financial services group in an action brought by an application hosting and online accounting company in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. The Federal Circuit affirmed in our client’s favor.
  • Achieved a series of victories for a multinational financial services group against the largest patent assertion entity in the nation. The victories culminated in four successful CBM proceedings before the Patent Office. The PTAB invalidated 83 of the patent assertion entity’s claims across four patents—in particular, finding that a patent for authenticating a web page was a CBM patent.
  • Successfully handled foreign litigations brought by a multinational telecommunications company against our client and helped identify noninfringement and invalidity positions for the challenged patents. We coordinated with US and foreign law firms to make sure our client’s positions were represented consistently across jurisdictions.
  • Successfully represented a major auto and truck parts manufacturer in its patent suit against a competitor, claiming the defendant violated three patents for electronically monitoring tires. The jury ultimately ruled that the asserted patents, while valid, were not infringed by the defendant.
  • Successfully represented a multinational conglomerate company against a major automotive manufacturer. Our client brought an action in the ITC alleging that the respondent’s wind turbines infringed on three patents. The case was appealed, and the Federal Circuit awarded a victory to our client.
  • Successfully represented insurance company clients in appeal against Intellectual Ventures. The Federal Circuit affirmed the district court's findings that two Intellectual Ventures patents are invalid under 35 U.S.C. 101, and that Intellectual Ventures did not own a third patent.
  • Obtained dismissal of a seven-patent infringement complaint because all claimed patent ineligible subject matter under 35 U.S.C. § 101.
  • Successfully represented a multinational software company in a patent infringement case against a non-practicing entity and frequent litigator in the Eastern District of Texas on the ground that the asserted claim was unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 101.
  • Successfully represented three multinational technology companies in a Section 337 proceeding brought by a company that develops passive component solutions for the electronics industry. The ITC issued a final determination terminating the investigation with a finding of no violation.
  • Successfully represented a semiconductor manufacturer of analog circuitry in a patent infringement case against a competing semiconductor manufacturer in the District of Massachusetts.
  • Successfully represented a digital camera technology company in an action filed against two cellular handset manufacturers resulting in a finding of a violation based on infringement of two patents in a Section 337 proceeding before the ITC. A corresponding patent infringement action was withdrawn prior to the final hearing in Dusseldorf, Germany.
  • Successfully represented a manufacturer of GPS chips in an action against a competing GPS chip company resulting in a finding of a violation based on infringement of six patents in a Section 337 proceeding before the ITC.