Anders P. Fjellstedt

Partner Intellectual Property

Washington, D.C. +1 202-389-5985

Anders P. Fjellstedt

Overview

Anders Fjellstedt is a litigation and intellectual property partner in Kirkland's Washington, D.C., office. While much of his practice is patent litigation, he also has experience litigating cases and advising on other subject matters, including trade secret, copyright, employment, false advertising, unfair competition, and class action defense. He has represented clients in litigation and advisory matters involving a variety of technologies and products including semiconductors, medical equipment, chemical technologies, pharmaceuticals, aeronautical design, system controls, HVAC, networking, RFID, power plants, weapons systems, data storage, and mechanical designs.

Prior to joining Kirkland, Anders prepared and prosecuted patent applications in the fields of mechanical engineering and business methods.

Anders previously worked for MITRE Corporation, a technical think tank for the U.S. Government. While at MITRE Anders served a wide variety of defense and homeland security clients. Anders performed systems analysis of information technology systems and portfolio management for technology investment evaluation and selection. Anders also researched, wrote and spoke on the field of Network Centric Warfare.

Kao et al. v. Abbott Laboratories (C.D. Cal.)

  • Representing Abbott in a putative class action related to claims made on a product label.

Honeywell International Inc. v. Research Products Corporation (W.D. Wis.)

  • Counsel for Honeywell in a patent infringement assertion against competitor Research Products regarding HVAC zoning technology. Trial scheduled for May, 2019. 

Certain Network Devices, Related Software and Components Thereof (I) (U.S.I.T.C. Investigation No. 337-TA-944 Enforcement Proceeding)

  • Represented Cisco in ITC action enforcing remedial order against competitor Arista Networks. After merits hearing, Cisco obtained favorable settlement of this action and others between the companies.

Kapsch TrafficCom IVHS, Inc. v. Neology, Inc. (PTAB)

  • Successfully represented Kapsch TrafficCom in invalidating all claims of Neology patent for switchable RFID tag technology.

Otto v. Abbott Laboratories (C.D. Cal.)

  • Counsel for Abbott Laboratories in a putative class action related to claims made on a product label. After successful defeat of class certification, complete dismissal affirmed on appeal.

Enerfex Inc. v. UOP et al. (D. Del.)

  • Represented defendants in patent litigation regarding membrane systems for gas purification.

Certain Formatted Magnetic Data Storage Tapes and Cartridges Containing the Same (U.S.I.T.C. Investigation No. 337-TA-931)

  • Represented respondent and obtained favorable settlement prior to trial.

Carrier Corp. v. Goodman Global, Inc., et al. (D. Del.; PTAB)

  • Representing Carrier in assertion of Carrier’s patent related to HVAC control technology against competitor Goodman Manufacturing. Carrier obtained favorable claim construction and summary judgment orders, and a jury found in favor of Carrier on all issues, including findings of direct infringement, induced infringement, and validity for all asserted claims. Goodman agreed to cease selling the accused products pending a retrial on certain issues and an ongoing reexamination of Carrier’s patent.

Hawker Beechcraft (Bankr. S.D.N.Y.)

  • Advised Hawker Beechcraft Inc., a world-leading manufacturer of business, special mission, light attack and trainer aircraft, in its successful prearranged Chapter 11 cases. The restructuring involved contract claims relating to royalties for alleged use of trade secrets with respect to Hawker’s T-6 military training aircraft.

Infineon Technologies AG v. Atmel Corp. (D. Del.)

  • Represented Infineon in patent infringement action regarding 21 patents on semiconductor technology, and obtained a favorable settlement.

Arkema v. Honeywell (E.D.Pa.)

  • Representing defendant Honeywell in declaratory judgment action regarding Honeywell's patents on environmentally friendly air-conditioning compositions.

Certain Toner Cartridges and Components Thereof (U.S.I.T.C.)

  • Represented several respondents and obtained settlement prior to trial.

Solvay v. Honeywell (D. Del.)

  • Obtained fully favorable defense verdict for Honeywell in patent infringement involving foam blowing agents, invalidating plaintiff's patent-in-suit based upon three independent grounds.

MBDA v. Raytheon (AAA-ICDR)

  • Represented Raytheon in intellectual property dispute over infrared missile seeker development; obtained a favorable settlement shortly before final hearing.

Certain Flash Memory Chips and Products Containing the Same (U.S.I.T.C.)

  • Obtained complete victory for respondent Samsung and several of its customers after a three week trial.

GlaxoSmithKline v. Teva (D. Del.)

  • Represented GSK in Hatch-Waxman patent infringement litigation to protect Combivir® brand anti-HIV medication; obtained a favorable settlement after full discovery.

Patent Law Clerk
Hunton & Williams, LLP
McLean, VA

Senior Operations Research Analyst
MITRE Corporation
McLean, VA                  

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Thought Leadership

Seminars 

Fjellstedt, Anders and Stein, Fred. "Situational Awareness in Urban Operations." Washington, DC: Institute for Defense and Government Advancement, January 18, 2006.

Fjellstedt, Anders and Stein, Fred. "Network Centric Warfare in Western Iraq." San Diego, CA: Command and Control Research and Technology Symposium, June 22, 2006.

Fjellstedt, Anders and Stein, Fred. "Force Tracking: Urban and Western Iraq Perspectives." Washington, DC: Institute for Defense and Government Advancement, June 28, 2006.

Recognition

Selected as a Washington, D.C. “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers magazine in 2016–2017

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2009, District of Columbia
  • 2009, North Carolina
  • Registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office

Courts

  • United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  • United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims

Education

  • Georgetown University Law CenterJ.D.cum laude2009
    ABA/BNA Award for Excellence in Intellectual Property Law (highest academic performance in intellectual property law)
  • Cornell UniversityM.Eng., Operations Research/Industrial Engineering2004

    Graduate Scholarship

    “Cluster Modeling and Predicting Customer Market Segmentation”

  • The University of North Carolina at Chapel HillB.S., Mathematical Decision Sciences2003
    Randall C. Berg Scholarship