Successfully defended lawsuit alleging that Monolithic infringed a patent on power management techniques for cold-cathode fluorescent lamps used in laptop computers and other devices. The Federal Circuit affirmed the jury's verdict that all the asserted claims were obvious and held that the trial court properly appointed an independent expert to testify regarding infringement and validity. The victory also resulted in vacatur of the judgment for O2 Micro in a separate case where the jury had found a Monolithic customer liable for infringing the same patent. 558 F.3d 1341 (Fed. Cir. 2009)