• 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.

  • Recognition*

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    • Listed in The Best Lawyers in America (2013 edition)
    • Named a "Georgia Super Lawyer," Super Lawyers (2004-2005, 2007)

     
    *Being named to the list or receiving the award is not intended and should not be viewed as comparative to other lawyers or to create an expectation about results that might be achieved in a future matter.

  • Selected Case Results**

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    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
      • IBM $10 million plus a license to IBM's portfolio
      • Toshiba and NEC, confidential settlements

    Licensing campaign following litigation:

      • Fujitsu $9.75 million
      • Sony $15 million
      • Acer $7.5 million
      • Other confidential licenses


    **Past results are reported to provide the reader with an indication of the type of litigation in which we practice and does not and should not be construed to create an expectation of result in any other case as all cases are dependent upon their own unique fact situation and applicable law.

  • Publications and Speeches

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    Publications

    • Strategic Uses of Inter Partes Reexamination Concurrent with District Court Litigation
      American Intellectual Property Law Association (April 2010)
    • Strategies for Navigating Claim Construction to set-up a Winning Summary Judgment Motion, Including the use of Experts and Special Masters
      Claim Construction Litigation Series (April 2008)
    • Discovery Issues in Patent Litigation
      Practising Law Institute (November 2007)
    • Patent Reexamination Requests: High Stakes for Both Patent Owner and Alleged Infringer
      Intellectual Property Supplement to the Fulton County Daily Report (December 1993)

    Speeches

    • USPTO Inter Partes Patent Proceedings Committee
      American Intellectual Property Law Association, New York, New York (May 7, 2010)
    • Expert Direct Cross Demonstration
      Practising Law Institute, Atlanta, Georgia (November 9-10, 2009)
    • Evaluating and Executing IP Litigation Strategies
      GSU Corporate IP Institute, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia (November 3, 2009)
    • 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)
    • Demonstration of a Closing Argument Tips from a Patent Trial Lawyer and a Jury Consultant
      Practising Law Institute, Atlanta, Georgia (November 11, 2008)
    • Claim Construction Litigation Strategies from Plaintiff and Defendant Perspectives
      Law Seminars International, Four Seasons Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia (April 25, 2008)
    • Patent Claim Construction Workshop
      Law Seminars, Atlanta, Georgia (April 25, 2008)
    • 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)

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