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Krista Schwartz is a seasoned trial lawyer who litigates patent, copyright, trade secret, and complex cases for the world's largest technology companies. She has tried patent, copyright, and contract cases to verdict. As noted by IAM magazine, Krista is an "extremely well-organised lawyer who is on top of the finest details [and] who knows how to be effective without being bombastic."Her cases involve technologies ranging from search engines, semiconductors, cellular devices, and medical devices to EDA and operating systems software. In a bet-the-company patent case Krista tried, the jury found no infringement of one patent and awarded minimal damages, while the invalidity case provided a simple design-around. She also handles complex software copyright cases. In a case arising from a competitor's use of the client's command set in competing software, Krista led the case through trial. The jury found infringement, rejected a fair use defense, and awarded $30.4 million.Krista has successfully resolved numerous cases short of trial. Representing a software company plaintiff against a competitor, she obtained consent judgments and injunctions in two separate cases. Recently, she won summary judgment for a client accused of infringing a family of patents related to distribution of satellite signals.She also represents clients in PTAB proceedings. In a recent IPR relating to the presentation of search engine results that Krista led, the PTAB found all requested claims unpatentable.Prior to law school, Krista worked for AT&T Bell Labs, where she was an inventor on more than 20 patents relating to desktop video conferencing.

Listed skills include Patent Litigation, Intellectual Property, Patents, Patent Prosecution, and 16 others.