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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
The firm has substantial experience representing both large, publicly traded companies and small start-ups in copyright, trade secret, patent and trademark litigation. The firm’s recent representation of clients in intellectual property cases includes the following matters:
Gator.com Corporation v. L.L. Bean, Inc., 398 F. 3d 1125 (9th Cir. 2005) (Internet jurisdiction);
TRS Consultants, Inc. v. Rick Shi, et al., Case No. C-04-02171 JSW (2004) (copyright/trade secrets);
Excambria, Inc. v. Enable Solutions, Inc., Case No. CO3-03236BZ (2003) (trade secrets);
West Valley Engineering, Inc. v. Nicholas Schichtle, Case No. CV801705 (2001), Santa Clara County Superior Court (trade secrets);
Network Commerce, Inc. v. Preview Systems, Case No. C-00-1790, Western District of Washington (patent);
Unither Pharma, Inc. and The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University v. Herbalife Int’l, Inc., Case No. 03-5090JW, Northern District of California (patent);
Seagate Technology LLC v. Atmel Corporation, et al., Case No. CV809883, Santa Clara County Superior Court (semiconductor chip defect litigation);
America Online, Inc. v. Tribal Voice, Inc., Case No. 99-20434-JW ENE, Northern District of California (trademark);
Animatics Corporation v. Quicksilver Controls, Inc., Case No. C-99 05155 WHH, Northern District of California (patent);
RPG Music International Limited and Gramophone Company of India Limited v. Ghazal International, Case No. C-99-20106SW PVT, Northern District of California (trademark cases);
LG Semicon Co., Ltd. et al. v. NEC Corporation, et al., Case No. 98-03624 EDL, Northern District of California (patent);
Pearson v. Quickturn Design Systems, et al., Case No. 97-20907, Northern District of California (copyright/trade secrets);
Mediatek Inc. v. Oak Technology, Inc., Case No. C-97 21126 RMW, Northern District of California (patent);
Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. v. LG Semicon Co., Ltd., et al., Case No. 97-20310 (SW), Northern District of California (patent);
Molex Inc. v. Foxconn International, Inc., Case No. C-97-20107, Northern District of California and Case No. 97-C-0739, Northern District of Illinois (patent);
20/20 Software, Inc. v. Preview Software, Inc., Case No. 97-1355, District of Oregon (trade secrets);
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation v. Tan, et al., Case No. 95-20833, Northern District of California (copyright);
Scientific Technologies, Inc. v. Pinnacle Systems, Inc., et al. Case No. 94-3509, Northern District of California (patent);
NSA International, Inc. v. Intelligy Corp., et al., Case No. 94-2969, Western District of Tennessee (copyright);
Charles Evans & Associates v. Accurel Systems International Corp., et al., Santa Clara County Superior Court,
Case No. CV 772301 (misappropriation of trade secrets);
Amalar Inc. v. Luddy, et al., Santa County Superior Court, Case No. CV781303 (misappropriation of trade secrets);
Stanford Telecommunications, Inc. v. Advanced Broadband Communications, Inc., Santa Clara County Superior Court, Case No. CV784108 (misappropriation of trade secrets);
Adaptec, Inc. v. Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., Santa Clara Superior Court Case No. CV789393 (misappropriation of trade secrets and employee solicitation).
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