Defended fuel distributor against allegations of copyright infringement. Defeated plaintiff’s motion for preliminary injunction and secured dismissal of all claims against client with prejudice.
Defended vocational school in the District of Utah against claims of copyright infringement seeking more than $35 million in damages. Case settled favorably after court dismissed majority of plaintiff’s claims on summary judgment.
Represented a national testing company asserting copyright infringement claims in an action filed in the Western District of Washington.
Defended a packaging systems equipment manufacturer sued in the District of Idaho for misappropriation of trade secrets and trade dress infringement.
Won a jury verdict, enhanced damages, attorneys’ fees, and a permanent injunction as lead trial counsel for railroad technology company in a case against a direct competitor. A Texas federal jury found that the competitor willfully infringed the company’s patent for machine vision railroad track inspection technology.
Lead counsel representing railroad technology company on appeal before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Secured affirmance of jury verdict, enhanced damages, attorneys’ fees, and a permanent injunction in favor of client.
Represented manufacturer of optical systems in separate appeals before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Secured affirmance of USPTO decisions invalidating asserted patents directed to microscope slide staining technology.
Represented consumer electronics retailer in the Northern District of California in patent infringement case involving 802.11 wireless encryption technology. Obtained judgment of non-infringement and successfully defended judgment on appeal before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Represented retail grocery chain in the Eastern District of Texas in patent infringement case involving digital image processing for surveillance systems.
Represented manufacturers of infrared thermometers on appeal before U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Successfully reversed $2.5 million verdict against client and invalidated one of three asserted patents on appeal.
Defended laboratory equipment manufacturer in the Southern District of California in patent infringement case involving fluorescent optical imaging technology. Successfully defeated all claims on summary judgment and recovered costs for client.
Defended online retailers in the Eastern District of Texas in patent infringement case involving webcam technology. Obtained complete dismissal of all claims against client with prejudice shortly before trial.
Represented one of the world’s largest consumer electronics companies in the Northern District of Illinois in patent infringement case involving noise reduction, signal transmission, and motion-adaptive deinterlacing technology. Case settled favorably shortly before trial.
Represented networking services company in patent infringement case in Eastern District of Texas involving WiFi technology. Case settled favorably during claim construction.
Represented one of the world’s largest consumer electronics companies in the Eastern District of Texas in patent infringement case involving LCD backlight technology.
Represented online retailers in the Northern District of Georgia in patent infringement case involving personalized web content technology. Obtained complete dismissal of all claims against client with prejudice.
Represented retail grocery chain in the Eastern District of Texas in patent infringement case involving web-based purchasing platform and “shopping cart” technology.
Defended medical device company in District of Massachusetts in patent infringement case involving non-contact infrared thermometers.
Represented medical device company in Southern District of Florida in in case involving design patents for infrared thermometers.
Represented online retailers in the Eastern District of Texas in patent infringement case involving computerized sales force automation technology.
Defended online retailers in Southern District of Florida in patent infringement case involving power supply technology.
Defended consumer electronics company in the Eastern District of Texas in patent infringement case involving parental control and signal encryption technology.
Represented consumer electronics retailer in the Northern District of Georgia in patent infringement case involving LCD and DLP projector technology.
Defended dairy equipment company in the District of Idaho in patent infringement case involving technology used to prevent mastitis in cattle.
Represented firearm technology company in the District of Idaho in patent infringement case involving interchangeable firearm components.
Represented manufacturing company in the District of Utah in patent infringement case involving elastomeric gel technology.
As co-counsel, represented five automobile manufacturers in District of Idaho in patent infringement case matter involving electronic vehicle braking technology.
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