In the Trial Courts

2011: In Lear Corp. v. Johnson Controls, Inc., we and our co-counsel won a jury trial in Detroit, Michigan for a first-tier automotive supplier against its direct competitor. Representing the patentee, we won by proving indirect infringement (inducement) of dependent claims under the doctrine of equivalents, winning substantial damages in a jury verdict finding infringement and no invalidity. In the process, we achieved a major mid-trial evidentiary victory on the admissibility of survey evidence.

2009: In Newegg v. TeleCommunication Systems, Inc., we and our co-counsel won transfer from a California to a Maryland court, to bring a declaratory judgment case into our client's home district.

2008: In 1st Technology v. Bodog Entertainment Group, we and our co-counsel won a preliminary injunction against our client's opponent, precluding the opponent from transfers of numerous intellectual property assets.

2008: In Revenue Science, Inc. v. Valueclick, Inc., we won dismissal on the pleadings of a complaint that accused our client of patent infringement.

In the United States Patent and Trademark Office

2011: Through petition practice, we won dismissal of an inter partes reexamination proceeding filed against our client to invalidate one of their major revenue-generating patents.

2010: Through petition practice, we succeeded in having stricken all of an inter partes reexamination requester's comments and expert evidence, leaving only our patentee-client's evidence for the Patent Office to consider.

In the Appellate Courts

2008: The firm won a patent appeal for our client 1st Technology LLC against the online gaming enterprise Bodog Entertainment Group in the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (App. No. 2008-1132) (affirming per curiam without opinion), resulting in affirmance of a $50 million patent infringement judgment.

2007: The firm won major parts of a patent appeal for our clients HyperPhrase Technologies, LLC and HyperPhrase, Inc. against Google, Inc. in the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (App. No. 2007-1125, -1176) (affirming-in-part and reversing-in-part), resulting in remand for further proceedings in the trial court.

Licensing Efforts

We are licensing counsel to clients ranging from individual inventors to Fortune 500 companies. We have favorably concluded many licenses on behalf of both rights holders and rights buyers, ranging from small acquisitions or sales to multi-million dollar IP licenses. We handle both large-scale licensing campaigns and one-time licenses, as well as license acquisitions. In one example, we counseled a food industry client in its acquisition of exclusive rights to be the only company allowed to sell a consumer food product.