Shareholder; Co-Chair, Post-Grant Proceedings Practice
CurrentRepresentative matters:• Lead counsel for RPX, a leading provider of patent risk solutions, in three IPRs challenging patent asserted by non-practicing entity against 29 large technology companies, resulting in dismissal of all lawsuits and disclaimer of the patent. (IPR2017-00208, IPR2017-00209, IPR2017-00212)• As lead IPR counsel for Google and LG, successfully invalidated all asserted claims in two patents on instant messaging technology asserted by Zipit Wireless. (IPR2019-01567, IPR2019-01568)• Successfully defended patent on groundbreaking fibrosis treatment, by convincing the PTAB to deny institution of PGR. (PGR2019-00053)• Prepared patent owner’s responses for client EMC in multiple IPRs filed by defendant in infringement litigation, exposing deficiencies resulting in denial of the IPRs.• Represented patent owner Nuance Communications in multiple ex parte reexamination proceedings resolved with all original patent claims confirmed. (e.g., 90/013,878; 90/011,126)• Prepared and prosecuted patent applications in many diverse fields, such as natural language understanding, automatic speech recognition, speech synthesis, healthcare automation, artificial intelligence and machine learning, knowledge representation, social networking, media technology, financial transactions, accessibility technology, casino gaming, data storage and recovery, networking and communications, security, signal processing, image processing, software and microprocessor design.• Advised clients in assessing technological development initiatives and developing strategies for focused patent protection. Developed strategies and value assessments for pursuing international patent protection for software and business-related innovations in light of widely differing legal treatment in various countries around the world.
