Patent Litigation
Our patent litigation practice rivals that of many larger firms, but without the inefficiency and inflexibility that are often a byproduct at larger firms. We can also offer alternative billing structures ranging from fixed fees, to flat monthly fees to contingency. As a small firm, we take pride in having efficiently and successfully handled complex patent litigations for both the largest corporations in the United States, as well as small companies and even individual inventors. We have litigated patents in a wide variety of technological fields, including pharmaceutical solutions, opto-electronic transceivers, computerized casino gaming machines, hardware logic emulation systems, and consumer appliances. Our attorneys not only possess the ability to understand the complex science and technology behind these cases, but, just as importantly, we are able to explain the complexity to the lay judges and jurors who determine the outcome of patent infringement suits.
Some representative cases our attorneys have handled include:
- Defending JVM, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of tablet dispensing machines, against its leading competitor’s suit alleging infringement of a patent on tablet feeders.
- Defended Blue Cat Networks, a leading supplier of IP Address Management systems, against a patent infringement suit by Infoblox, and represented Blue Cat in acquiring patents of its own and counter-suing Infoblox on those patents.
- Defended SSW Holding Company, a major supplier to global appliance OEMs, against patent infringement claims related to slide oven racks.
- Defended Win-Holt Manufacturing Group against patent infringement claims brought by Cambro Manufacturing related to three design patents for food service equipment.
- Represented International Game Technology (IGT) in a major patent infringement and antitrust lawsuit against Bally Gaming related to IGT’s “Wheel of Fortune” computerized casino games.
- Defended Shanghai ELE Manufacturing Corp. against allegations in the U.S. International Trade Commission that it infringed patents on ground fault circuit interrupters.
- Defended Blockbuster Inc.’s online subscription video rental service against Netflix’s patent case attempting to shut it down.
- Represented DSU Medical and Medisystems Corporation in obtaining an injunction and multi-million-dollar damage award for infringement of a patent on safety needles for use in dialysis and chemotherapy – and successfully defended the judgment on appeal.
- Represented Material, Inc., in patent litigation over advanced organometallic catalysts.
- Defended Defended Crest Digital against a suit alleging that it infringed a patented process for molding optical discs.
- Represented Meade Instruments in several patent infringement lawsuits involving techniques for aligning computer-controlled celestial telescopes.
- Represented Targus in a patent infringement lawsuit regarding scroll-wheel mice technology.
- Represented Conexant Systems in a patent infringement lawsuit brought by a patent “troll” related to Conexant’s dial-up modem products.
- On behalf of the U.S. Navy, litigated patent infringement lawsuits against multiple large corporations that were using the Navy’s patented technology related to public and private key encryption.
- Represented a B.Braun subsidiary in a patent infringement lawsuit related to cardioplegic pharmaceutical solutions for stopped-heart surgery.
- Defended Cadence/Quickturn against patent infringement claims brought by Mentor Graphics, Aptix, and Meta Systems in a long-running patent dispute over hardware logic emulation systems.
- Represented General Surgical Innovations in a patent infringement lawsuit with Origin over GSI’s patents on devices and techniques for performing minimally invasive surgery.
- Represented Simmons Outdoor Group in a patent infringement litigation concerning rifle scope optics.
- Defended McGaw, Inc. (now B.Braun) against a suit alleging infringement of a patent on computer-controlled peristaltic pharmaceutical dispensing pumps.
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