U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Experience


Below is some of our representative experience in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in the following area:

Intellectual Property Litigation

U.S. District Court, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Represent adidas in numerous trademark, trade dress, and unfair competition disputes.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Represented Intel in a copyright claim against Advanced Micro Devices regarding imbedded "ICE" microcode in Intel's 80486 microprocessors. District court had stayed a copyright action brought by Intel against AMD pending final state court appellate review of an arbitration proceeding. Case settled after favorable liability decision, resulting in payment of $58 million to Intel and a permanent injunction. In a parallel case about Intel's 80386 microprocessor, we persuaded the Ninth Circuit to reverse a district court's Colorado River stay on behalf of Intel, and the Supreme Court to decline review. 12 F.3d 908 (9th Cir. 1993) cert. denied, 512 U.S. 1205 (1994)
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Representation of defendant in litigation establishing fair use defense for thumbnails of copyrighted photographs in Internet search engine.
280 F.3d 934 (9th Cir. 2002)
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Represented UPS in suit related to scope of confidentiality and nondisclosure agreement.  93 Fed. Appx. 129 (9th Cir. 2004)
 
Click here to view a full list of our U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit experience.

Go back to: