Representative Matters
REPRESENTATIVE LIST OF RECENT TRANSACTIONAL MATTERS
- Obtained, maintained, and licensed patents for a leading United States manufacturer of automotive air bag technology.
- Filed, on one day, ninety-seven Internet and business method patent applications for a leading supply chain management company, all prepared on an expedited basis with little notice.
- Negotiated and drafted computer licensing and technical support agreements for a national developer of network management software.
- Drafted purchase and licensing agreements for custom software developed by the engineering department of a nationally recognized educational institution.
- Prepared and maintained extensive domestic and international trademark portfolios for a major beverage manufacturer, a major boat manufacturer, and other companies.
- Prepared applications for trademarks and service marks for the name, player uniforms, and logotypes of a Major League Baseball Franchise.
REPRESENTATIVE LIST OF RECENT LITIGATION MATTERS
- This last term, our lawyers prepared an amicus curiae brief to the U.S. Supreme Court for the Festo v.Shoketsu case. We took the position for a major professional association that, where a product is accused of infringing a patent, and is essentially equivalent but not quite literally within the specific language of the patent, the determination of infringement of the product is based upon whether it would have been foreseeable by the inventor at the time of patenting that someone might substitute that equivalent structure for the structure set forth in the patent. Although neither party to the case mentioned this concept, and our brief was the only one to advocate this "forseeability test," the Court adopted this test as the rule of law.
- Obtained dismissal of internet-related patent infringement actions brought by a plaintiff against seven major supermarket chains.
- Obtained a record verdict and award of attorney fees while representing a major music licensing organization in numerous copyright enforcement actions against infringers.
- Successfully defended an international telecommunications corporation against claims of misappropriation of trade secrets and defamation of title to patent rights including a two and 1/2 week jury trial.
- Successfully defended a publisher of computer software and asserted a counterclaim against the author, obtaining summary judgment declaring that publisher had exclusive computer software rights to all of author’s works.
- Successfully defended medical equipment manufacturers and distributors against patent infringement claims.
- Successfully obtained an order of contempt in favor of a publicly-held electronics manufacturer against a competitor who was sued for patent and trademark infringement.
- Obtained injunctive relief for a national appliance and furniture retailer to prevent the unauthorized use of its service mark.
- Obtained an advantageous settlement of a computer software reverse engineering dispute involving claims of copyright infringement, misappropriation of trade secrets, and breach of contract.
- Successfully refuted allegations of trade secret misappropriation without litigation on behalf of an advanced technology corporation that manufactures contact image sensors for scanners, copiers, and facsimile machines.
- Successfully represented a National Hockey League franchise in a service mark cancellation proceeding before the United States Patent and Trademark Appeals Board.
- Obtained injunctive relief and an ex parte order for a national hair products company directing the search and seizure by the U.S. Marshal of all counterfeit products bearing the protected trademark.