Michael W. De Vries, P.C.

Since joining Kirkland & Ellis in 2011, Mike: 

• Lead counsel for Motorola Solutions in trade secret misappropriation and copyright infringement case against multi-billion dollar competitor in connection with global dispute over critical wireless technologies. After three-and-a-half month trial, jury returned verdict in less than two hours in favor of Motorola on all counts, awarding $764M in compensatory and punitive damages, which was the total amount requested by Motorola. The victory was profiled in The Am Law Litigation Daily’s “Litigator of the Week” feature.

• Lead counsel for EagleView Technologies in five-patent infringement case against competitor in connection with decade-long dispute. Jury returned verdict in less than one hour in favor of EagleView on all counts, finding willful infringement and awarding $125M in damages, which was the total amount requested by EagleView. Post-trial motions for enhancement of that amount are pending. The victory was profiled in The Am Law Litigation Daily’s “Litigator of the Week” feature.

• Led defense for Energy Labs Inc. in a jury trial against Nortek Air Solutions in which the jury’s verdict was a complete victory for Kirkland’s client, finding no infringement of any of the asserted claims from six different patents and a majority of asserted claims invalid. This was a bet-the-company litigation against a much larger competitor who sought an injunction against Energy Labs. The victory was profiled in The Am Law Litigation Daily’s “Litigator of the Week” feature.

• Represented Cisco Systems, Inc. in a district court litigation against Innovatio in which, following two trials in which Mike actively participated, the Court determined all of Innovatio’s patents are subject to a RAND obligation and set a RAND rate for the patents.

• Represented Cisco Systems, Inc. before the ITC in an investigation against MOSAID involving 10 U.S. patents. A related proceeding is currently pending in a Delaware District Court.

• Represented Cisco Systems, Inc. in an ITC proceeding against ChriMar involving Power Over Ethernet technology. A related proceeding is currently pending in the Northern District of California.

• Represented a client in a patent infringement litigation brought by SimpleAir, Inc. against the client and two other defendants in the Eastern District of Texas.

• Represented Intel in a patent infringement trial in the Eastern District of Texas involving Wi-Fi technology and RAND issues.

Prior to joining Kirkland & Ellis in 2011, Mike:

• Represented Broadcom Corp. in a patent infringement litigation brought by Wi-LAN in the Eastern District of Texas involving Wi-Fi technology.

• Represented semiconductor companies in a multi-party patent infringement litigation involving seven patents related to semiconductor designs used to implement various standardized wireless and wired communications (including 802.11, Bluetooth, and DSL), pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.

• Represented a semiconductor company in an ITC investigation and federal district court litigation involving claims of patent infringement relating to analog circuit structures.

• Represented software companies in a multi-party patent litigation matter pending in the United States District Court for the Central District of California relating to various technologies used in enterprise software.

• Represented a software company in a patent litigation matter pending in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware relating to certain technologies used in enterprise software.

• Represented a software company in a patent litigation matter pending in the United States District Court for the Central District of California relating to hardware and software-related backup technologies.

• Represented a semiconductor manufacturer in a patent litigation pending in the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin relating to 802.11 wireless products.

• Represented a semiconductor manufacturer in a patent litigation pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas relating to 802.11 wireless products.

• Represented a web-based services provider in a patent litigation matter pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas relating to technologies involved in dynamically generated web pages.

• Represented a software company in patent infringement litigation pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas relating to file generation in software products.

• Represented a pharmaceutical company involved in a patent infringement litigation involving patents related to a pharmaceutical compound.

• Represented a semiconductor manufacturer in patent infringement litigation relating to memory circuits, pending in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, the Federal Circuit, and in connection with a certiorari petition before the United States Supreme Court.

• Represented a biotechnology company in a patent infringement litigation involving patents related to diagnostic devices.

• Represented a heavy machinery designer and manufacturer in a patent infringement litigation involving patents rights related to machinery.

• Represented a medical device company in patent infringement litigation relating to AED devices.

• Represented an insect repellent technology company in false advertising and trademark litigation.

• Represented a major commercial website in several patent infringement litigation matters.

• Represented a pharmaceutical company in trademark infringement and false advertising litigation.

• Represented investment banks in a multitude of intellectual property disputes, including patent infringement, trademark infringement, and copyright infringement disputes.

• Represented a major telecommunications company in trademark infringement litigation in federal court.

• Represented a franchisor in a trademark infringement dispute.

• Represented a clothing retailer in a trademark and copyright infringement litigation involving clothing design.

• Represented a media company in a copyright infringement dispute.

• Represented a consumer product company in patent infringement litigation.