Experience

Represented Mitsubishi in patent infringement, trade secret misappropriation, commercial bribery and tortious interference actions involving the equipment supplied at Three Gorges Dam in Yichang, China. Won four motions for summary judgment (two in Illinois and two in Oregon). The favorable ruling on the patent claim was affirmed by the Federal Circuit and the commercial bribery and tortious interference judgments were affirmed by the Ninth Circuit. The Ninth Circuit decision in essence revised Ninth Circuit law based on a recent U.S. Supreme Court case cited. 348 F. 3d 1116 (9th Cir. 2003); 215 F. 3d 1246 (Fed. Cir. 2000).


* Prior Experience