Represented a global automobile manufacturer in district court and in IPR proceedings, leading technical analysis and defensive strategy for several wireless standard-essential patents in cooperation with suppliers and joint defense group members. After institution of several IPRs, the parties settled.
Defended a leading smartphone, tablet, and Internet-enabled appliance manufacturer in litigation involving error-correction encoding in Wi-Fi. Achieved a favorable settlement after winning critical pretrial motions that substantially minimized the client’s damages exposure.
Successfully defended a prominent video game company against copyright claims concerning the depiction of tattoos on athletes and performers. At trial, the plaintiff requested $27.3 million, but the jury awarded only $3,750 in actual damages and none of the defendants’ profits.
Represented a leading clinical trial software company in trade secret theft and unfair competition litigation against rival in the life sciences cloud computing industry.
Defended a leading provider of intelligent transport solutions in an International Trade Commission (ITC) investigation involving radio-frequency identification readers for electronic tolling, achieving an extremely advantageous settlement terminating the investigation and all pending litigation.
Defended a global manufacturer of image sensors and imaging signal processors for smartphones and tablets in an International Trade Commission (ITC) investigation involving multiple patent and trade-secret claims. Achieved a licensing agreement terminating the investigation and all pending litigation.
Represented global e-commerce company in multi-venue, multi-patent dispute related to desktop and mobile shopping, promotion, and product discovery solutions. Achieved cross-licensing agreement terminating all pending litigation.
Defended providers of vehicle and asset tracking technology in a patent infringement action involving 115 claims of seven patents. After multiple venue challenges and invalidation of all challenged claims in inter partes review (IPR) proceedings, achieved a favorable settlement terminating the litigation.
Defended designers of low-latency network cards and switches against a competitor in a patent infringement action. After initiating IPR proceedings challenging claims of several asserted patents, achieved a favorable settlement terminating the litigation.
Advises clients in the semiconductor and open-source software industries on developing, maintaining, and leveraging patent portfolios effectively, both offensively and defensively.
