N. Yvonne Beeler

Since joining Kirkland, Yvonne has been involved in the following matters:

• Counsel for Omnitracs (former Qualcomm division) in two multipatent trials against competitors concerning fleet management and safety technology.
• Counsel for Motorola Solutions in several post-trial contempt and collection proceedings; member of trial team that won jury verdict of $764.6 million in compensatory and punitive damages in trade secret and copyright infringement case against a Chinese-based competitor.
• Counsel for Red Hat in multipatent suit related to multipath TCP (MPTCP) and multilink point-to-point protocol (MLP).
• Counsel for clients alleging violations of constitutional rights, habitability, discrimination, harassment and retaliation against California municipalities and contractors.
• Represented IBM and Red Hat in multipatent suit related to containerization.
• Represented Intel in patent suit filed by a Swiss patent licensing company involving 12 CPU-chip patents; secured a complete defense win by invalidating patents and winning summary judgment of no infringement.
• Represented Astronics in patent infringement, copyright infringement and California state law claims case brought by Teradyne concerning aerospace test instruments; secured a complete defense win by invalidating the patent and winning summary judgment of fair use.
• Represented computer and tablet device manufacturers in ITC Section 337 Investigation relating to use of Intel chips.
• Represented Intel in nine-patent suit filed by a Tokyo-based IP fund involving semiconductor technology. Won a motion to transfer from the Eastern District of Texas to the Northern District of California, leading to favorable settlement.

Prior to joining Kirkland, Yvonne was involved in the following matters:

• ITC Section 337 proceeding for top imaging solutions corporation involving laser printing cartridges.
• Patent litigation for large electronics company involving several digital standards and touchscreen patents.
• Trial team member for ANDA litigation involving popular brand name mucus-loosening medicine.
• Patent litigation for international pharmaceutical formulation and device development company involving prescription inhaler products.

Associate, Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto

Captain (Engineer), United States Army

Prior to joining Kirkland, Yvonne was involved in the following pro bono matters:

• Represented pro bono client in U.S. Visa Application.