Annie Huang
Experience
Experience in complex litigation with a focus on intellectual property litigation.
Experience in matters involving a wide variety of industries and markets, such consumer electronics, medical devices, and pharmaceuticals.
Represents patent holder in infringement litigation involving digital camera technology patents.
Represents corporations in a variety of intellectual property and business litigation matters, including patent infringement, contract, and business tort disputes.
Trial counsel for asylum applicants before the Immigration Court in Bloomington, Minnesota.
Outside Experience
- Judicial Intern, U.S. District Court Western District of Wisconsin for the Honorable Barbara B. Crabb (Spring 2003)
Selected Results*
Member of trial team in St. Clair Intellectual Property Consultants, Inc. v. Canon, Inc. et al., No. 03-241 (D. Del., filed February 28, 2003) a case in which a federal jury in Wilmington, Delaware awarded the firm's client, St. Clair, $34.7 million after a finding that Canon infringed four patents relating to digital camera technology. The verdict was announced on October 8, 2004.
Member of trial team in St. Clair Intellectual Property Consultants, Inc. v. Fuji, Ltd. et al., No. 03-241 (D. Del., filed February 28, 2003) a case in which a federal jury in Wilmington, Delaware awarded the firm's client, St. Clair, $3 million after a finding that Fuji infringed four patents relating to digital camera technology. The verdict was announced on October 25, 2004.
Recognition
- "Professional Excellence Award," from the Minnesota State Bar Association, awarded to a group of lawyers who represented survivors of the 35W Bridge Collapse on a pro bono basis (2009)
Languages
- Chinese (Mandarin and Taiwanese)
Memberships
- Federal Bar Association, Minnesota Chapter, Board of Directors (2005-present); Co-Chair of Diversity Committee (2005-2007); Vice President of Special Events (2007-2008); Co-Chair of Intellectual Property Practice Group (2008-present)
- National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- American Intellectual Property Law Association
Bar Admissions
- Minnesota
- Wisconsin
- U.S. District Court, Minnesota
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin
Education
- University of Wisconsin Law School, J.D. (2003), Articles Editor, Wisconsin International Law Journal
- University of California, Berkeley, B.A. (1998)