Associate
Vienna, Virginia, Us
Associate in Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice Section and Electrical Patent Practice Section. Practice focused primarily on patent acquisition and intellectual property defense strategies. Litigation work encompassed client counseling and case strategy, motion practice, discovery practice and management, expert discovery, as well as Markman and summary judgment briefing and argument. Litigation matters included:• Defended respondent marine electronics company in ITC investigation. Oversaw day-to-day management of case, including discovery production and review, motions practice, coordination with expert discovery, as well as deposition preparation and defense.• Defended respondent wiper blade manufacturing companies in ITC investigation. Oversaw day-to-day management of case, including discovery practice, motions practice, expert discovery, Markman briefing and argument preparation, as well as fact witness depositions.• Represented hearing aid company plaintiff on digital signal processing patent. Work included conducting fact and expert discovery, taking depositions, as well as drafting motions briefs. Argued Markman hearing, with court ruling in client’s favor on all disputed terms.• Successfully appealed to Federal Circuit from Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences arguing “error” under reissue statue included omission of claims of narrower scope. Principal author on brief. Mooted arguing partner. • Performed non-patent litigation work including five-day bench trial on insurance fraud matter, contract actions and collections work in Virginia state and federal courts. Practice also included a patent prosecution docket, patent application drafting, and licensing work. Prosecution technology included refrigerators, copiers, displays, electric car batteries, stents, farm implements, and apparatuses for manufacturing semiconductor chips and drying powder.
