Experience

• • Represented microprocessor company as part of the team that obtained a complete victory against a plaintiff that sought billions of dollars in alleged damages in the US District Court for Western District of Texas 
  • Represented content delivery network company against a streaming media company in a case in the US District Court for the Central District of California in which the patentee sought over $50 million in damages; successfully argued dispositive motion ending the case and resulting in summary judgment
  • Represented software company in Supreme Court appeal upholding the clear-and-convincing standard to prove patent invalidity and preserving the then largest patent infringement verdict ever affirmed on appeal 
  • Represented biotechnology company in Federal Circuit appeal overturning the then largest patent infringement verdict in history 
  • Represented content delivery network company against a well-known non-practicing entity in a patent case in the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts; obtained early dismissal with prejudice of the plaintiff’s patent infringement claims
  • Represented media and telecommunications company in a patent case in the US District Court for the District of Delaware resulting in a judgment of non-infringement in favor of our client; obtained decision excluding plaintiff’s damages claim of over $500 million
  • Represented remote access software company in obtaining a jury verdict of noninfringement in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in a case in which the plaintiff sought over $100 million in damages; also part of the appellate team that secured summary affirmance on appeal at the Federal Circuit
  • Represented consumer electronics company as plaintiff in trademark litigation against a competitor in the US District Court for the District of New Jersey; obtained favorable settlement on the eve of trial
  • Represented glass company in obtaining early dismissal with prejudice of claims for tortious interference with contract and business relations in the US District Court for the Western District of New York
  • Represented smartphone app company against a well-known non-practicing entity in a patent case in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas; negotiated early favorable settlement 
  • Represented microprocessor company in obtaining summary judgment of noninfringement for a patent related to integrated circuit power management in the US District Court for the District of Delaware; also part of the appellate team that secured summary affirmance on appeal at the Federal Circuit
  • Represented microprocessor company in Federal Circuit appeal affirming grant of summary judgment of noninfringement for a patent related to cache memory coherency 
  • Represented national bank in a five-patent infringement suit brought by a large patent assertion entity; part of team that filed five successful Covered Business Method Review petitions with the US Patent Office challenging the asserted patents, resulting in dismissal with prejudice of all claims against our client
  • Represented internet telephone company in a patent suit against a patent assertion entity; part of team that filed five Inter Partes Review petitions with the US Patent Office challenging the asserted patents, resulting in a favorable settlement
  • Represented cloud computing and data storage company against a patent assertion entity in a consolidated Federal Circuit appeal of six Inter Partes Review proceedings at the US Patent Office; part of appellate team that secured summary affirmance of all six patent office proceedings
  • Represented government agency in a trial upholding the validity of patents directed to certain varieties of table grapes in the US District Court for the Central District of California 
  • Represented award winning Afghan journalist in successful petition for political asylum in the United States 
  • Represented army veteran in successful appeal to the US Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims regarding his claim for disability benefits