Experience
Patent
Inter Partes Review
IPR2015-00859; IPR2015-00098; IPR2015-01301; IPR2015-01299: Patent successfully defended the patent with the Petition denied in the Preliminary Response stage.
IPR2017-00204; IPR2016-01303; IPR2015-01300; IPR2015-01587; IRP2015-01513: Resolved via negotiated settlement.
Reexamination
Reexamination Number | Filing Date |
95/002,114 | 08.31.2012 |
95/002,116 | 08.31.2012 |
95/002,118 | 08.31.2012 |
90/012,067 | 12.20.2011 |
95/001,341 |
04.20.2010 |
95/001,342 | 04.20.2010 |
95/001,343 | 04.20.2010 |
95/001,345 | 04.20.2010 |
90/010,651 | 08.20.2009 |
90/010,624 | 07.29.2009 |
95/001,192 | 05.28.2009 |
90/007,929 | 02.12.2006 |
Patent Litigation
Ashworth Brothers Inc. v Lawrence Equipment Inc.*
Successfully defended patent infringement claims and negotiated settlement for conveyor equipment.
Clauss Ettensberger Corporation v WTW Inc.*
Defended claims of automobile wheel design patent infringement. Negotiated settlements with the plaintiff and the client’s insurer.
Jiles v Sempra Energy*
Defended claims of patent infringement, inventorship, and related state law and tort claims, resulting in a directed verdict in favor of client Sempra Energy for earthquake gas shutoff valves.
Sage Products Inc. v Devon Industries Inc.*
Successfully defended infringement claims on three patents, through appeal for medical and surgical products. 126 F. 3D 1420 (Fed Cir. 1997); 45 F. 3d 1575 (Fed Cir. 1995); 45 USPQ 1692 (C.D. Cal. 1997); 880 F. Supp 718 (C.D. Cal. 1994); 148 FRD 213 (N.D. Ill. 1993)
Venetec International Inc. v. Medical Device Group Inc.
Successfully defended medical device startup company against multiple patent infringement claims.
Idexx Laboritories Inc. v. Abaxis Inc.*
Lead counsel in pursuing false advertising and trademark infringement claims for veterinary diagnostic equipment. Resulting in stipulated injunction.
* Prior Experience