A. James Anderson
Experience
- Practice focuses in the areas of intellectual property litigation, commercial property, and business interruption insurance for subrogation and coverage analysis/litigation, and general commercial disputes.
Selected Results*
Has concentrated on patent infringement litigation since approximately 1990. Illustrative cases include:
- Representation of an inventor against a Japanese bicycle components manufacturer, a case which required six (6) weeks of depositions in Japan.
- Leading the firm’s handling of a biotech plaintiff’s infringement case involving a pediatric vaccine.
- Defense of a manufacturer of combination exit sign/emergency lighting fixtures.
- Representation of the patent owner- medical device manufacturer in a case tried in September 2002.
- Representation of the patent owner in a computer design/architecture case tried against a major PC manufacturer in June 2003.
Intergraph v. Dell, Hewlett Packard and Gateway: Represented Intergraph Corp. in patent litigation involving microprocessor system design in a case venued in East Texas. Recovered a total of $500 million in settlements as follows:
- Hewlett-Packard $141 million, with cross licenses;
- Dell/Intel $225 million;
- Gateway/emachines $12 million plus ongoing royalties;
- AMD $20 million plus potential future royalty profits;
- IBM $10 million plus a license to IBM's portfolio;
- Toshiba and NEC, confidential settlements
Lead Licensing campaign following litigation:
- Fujitsu $9.75 million;
- Sony $15 million;
- Acer $7.5 million; and
- Other confidential licenses
Recognition
- Georgia Super Lawyer**
Law and Politics
Memberships
- American Bar Association
- Georgia Bar Association
- Minnesota Bar Association
Bar Admissions
- Georgia
- Minnesota
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Georgia
- U.S. District Court, Minnesota
Education
- Rutgers School of Law (1971), served on the Rutgers Law Review for two years and served as Notes and Comments Editor senior year
- Rutgers University, B.A. in English as a Henry Rutgers scholar
Articles
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Patent Reexamination Requests: High Stakes for Both Patent Owner and Alleged Infringer
Intellectual Property Supplement to the Fulton County Daily Report (December 1993)
Selected Speeches
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Expert Direct/Cross Demonstration
Practising Law Institute, Atlanta, Georgia
(Scheduled for November 9-10, 2009)
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Evaluating and Executing IP Litigation Strategies
GSU Corporate IP Institute, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia
(November 3, 2009)
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Claims Construction as a Component of the Overall Litigation Strategies from Plaintiff and Defendant Perspectives/Defendant Perspective
Law Seminars International, College Park, Georgia
(April 24, 2009)
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Demonstration of a Closing Argument: Tips from a Patent Trial Lawyer and a Jury Consultant
Practising Law Institute, Atlanta, Georgia
(November 11, 2008)
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Patent Claim Construction Workshop
Law Seminars, Atlanta, Georgia
(April 25, 2008)
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Claim Construction Litigation Strategies from Plaintiff and Defendant Perspectives
Law Seminars International, Four Seasons Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia
(April 25, 2008)
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Discovery Issues in Patent Litigation (Panel Chair)
Practising Law Institute, Atlanta, Georgia
(November 5-6, 2007)
- Litigating Against the Foreign National
Trial Lawyers Approach to Winning Patent Cases Seminar (1998)