Professional Profile
Paul Bondor’s practice focuses on the trial of patent infringement disputes, both in court and in arbitration. Mr. Bondor has also conducted patent validity and infringement assessments, coordinated clients' efforts in multinational patent disputes, as well as litigated unfair competition, trademark, and design patent matters.
In a recent jury trial, Mr. Bondor and others from Kirkland won a record-setting $1.54 billion jury verdict on behalf of Kirkland client Lucent Technologies against software giant Microsoft Corporation. Although the verdict was later set aside by the judge (and remains on appeal), that result was widely reported as the largest patent jury verdict in history. Another recent jury trial produced a favorable jury verdict and judgment totalling $512 million, also on behalf of Lucent Technologies against Microsoft and one of the top five largest patent verdicts of all time.
Mr. Bondor’s litigation experience spans a wide range of industries, including DRAM design, voice-over-IP technology, computer software (including search engine technology, software for the optimization of cellular telephone networks, web-related software, and software for automated control systems), biomedical devices (particularly those related to interventional cardiology), as well as other technologies ranging from battery systems for hybrid electric vehicles to offset printing presses and body armor.
Mr. Bondor also has considerable experience addressing the complexities of multinational patent litigation, particularly in Western Europe. He has worked closely with local counsel in the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Belgium, Sweden, Spain, Italy, and Canada, both prosecuting and defending actions related to patent infringement and validity in those countries. In the course of those proceedings, Mr. Bondor has participated in trials before the district and appeal courts of the Netherlands, proceedings before the German Landgerichte (German regional courts), the Bundespatentgericht (the German Federal Patent Court), the Bundesgerichthof (the German Supreme Court), as well as trial before the High Court and Court of Appeal in London.
Following law school, Mr. Bondor served as a law clerk to the Honorable Louis L. Stanton in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. During his judicial clerkship, Mr. Bondor handled civil and criminal actions of all types, participating in all aspects of litigation in federal district court. His first-hand experience of federal litigation from the court’s perspective, and especially his participation in the court’s decision-making process, furnished him with a unique perspective on federal litigation.
Mr. Bondor is a member of the New York Intellectual Property Law Association, the American Intellectual Property Law Association, the Intellectual Property Owners Association, and the American Bar Association.Memberships & Affiliations
New York Intellectual Property Law Association, American Intellectual Property Law Association, Intellectual Property Owners Association, American Bar AssociationOther Distinctions
Listed in Euromoney's "Guide to the World's Leading Patent Law Experts."Prior Experience
Associate, Kenyon & Kenyon, New York, New York, 1995-2001
Partner, Kenyon & Kenyon, New York, New York, 2001-03Courts
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1995
United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 1995
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, 2003
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 2006
