Michael W. De Vries, P.C.

Lead counsel for TriZetto and its parent company, Cognizant Technology Solutions, in a trade secret misappropriation, unfair competition and breach of contract matter case against Syntel, involving healthcare software systems. In the first in-person civil jury trial held in the Southern District of New York since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, where all lawyer presentations and witness testimony were presented from inside a plexiglass enclosure in a specially modified courtroom, with jurors, lawyers and the presiding judge wearing masks, the Kirkland team secured a complete victory following a week-long jury trial in favor of TriZetto, which included an award of $855 million in damages. The victory was profiled in The Am Law Litigation Daily’s “Litigator of the Week” feature.

Won a $765 million verdict on behalf of Motorola Solutions in a trade secret case against Chinese-based competitor, Hytera. The jury awarded every penny Motorola sought—$345.7 million in compensatory damages, and $418.8 million in punitive damages. The victory was profiled in The Am Law Litigation Daily’s “Litigator of the Week”.

Lead counsel for Apcon, Inc. in defense of a six-patent network technologies case brought by industry-leader, Gigamon, Inc. Accusing every one of Apcon’s products of infringing Gigamon’s allegedly foundational patents, and seeking to shut down Apcon, the claims at issue implicated hundreds of millions of dollars in sales. After a jury trial in the Eastern District of Texas, the jury rendered a complete victory for Apcon, returning a verdict of no infringement of any of the patents, and invalidating every one of the asserted patent claims.  The victory was profiled in The Am Law Litigation Daily’s “Litigator of the Week” feature.

Lead counsel for EagleView Technologies in a five-patent infringement case against a competitor in connection with decade-long dispute. The jury returned a 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. The award was subsequently trebled to $375M. The victory was profiled in The Am Law Litigation Daily’s “Litigator of the Week” feature.

Lead counsel in a significant jury trial win for LivePerson, Inc. in its trade secret misappropriation lawsuit against [24]7.ai, Inc. After a four-week trial, the jury sided with LivePerson on every one of its claims and awarded over $30 million in compensatory and punitive damages for trade secret misappropriation and unfair competition, finding also that [24]7’s conduct was willful and malicious.

Lead counsel for Cisco Systems, Inc. against multi-billion dollar network technologies competitor in multiple patent infringement lawsuits before the International Trade Commission and U.S. district courts. After multiple trial victories in Cisco’s favor, the dispute was settled with a public payment to Cisco of $400 million.

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.