Kirkland & Ellis Secures Largest Patent Infringement Verdict Ever

Kirkland & Ellis LLP is pleased to announce that John Desmarais and his trial team secured a victory for client Alcatel-Lucent in their patent infringement battle with Microsoft Corp.  On February 22, a jury in California ordered Microsoft to pay Alcatel-Lucent $1.52 billion for using digital music technology without permission.  This verdict is reported to be the largest patent infringement verdict in history.

Kirkland's trial team included attorneys John Desmarais, Robert Appleby, Paul Bondor, Michael Stadnick, Edward C. Donovan, Jordan Malz, Karen Robinson, Alan Kellman, Elizabeth Bernard, Jason Grauch, Jason Choy, Sharon Billington, Sean McEldowney and Aaron Schechter; legal assistants Jay Mafale, Dena Bouchard, Casey Street, Kyle Caffrey, Mike Catanese and Matthew Hu; and practice assistants Regina Sarnicola, Joyce Stark and Christine Gonzalez. 

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