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Some of our wins include: Abbott Laboratories v Syntron Bioresearch, Inc. In a case involving immunoassay technology, we obtained a jury verdict of patent infringement and a permanent injunction on behalf of Abbott Laboratories. Gates Formed-Fibre Products, Inc. v. Delaware Valley Corp. By persuading a jury that the patents in suit were invalid, we successfully defended our client against accusations of infringement concerning a process for making fused-back automotive carpeting. Comair Rotron, Inc. v Matsushita Electric Corp. of America We obtained a $25 million jury verdict against industry giant Panasonic for willful infringement of our client Comair's patents on fans for electronic equipment. Our successful advocacy extends to patent reexaminations and interferences 
Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Eli Lilly and Co. We took part in obtaining a $65 million jury verdict in a case involving the regulation of NFκ-B cell-signaling activity, the largest verdict in Massachusetts that year. A validity challenge led to reversal on appeal. Comair Rotron v. Nippon Densan Corporation and Nidec Corporation After securing a jury verdict of patent infringement, we negotiated a multimillion dollar settlement for our client Comair Rotron. The patent was directed to important magnetization technology for brushless DC electric motors. B. Braun Medical, Inc. v. Abbott Laboratories We obtained a jury verdict for Abbott Laboratories, defeating a $30 million patent infringement claim relating to intravenous valve devices. In disputes over brand names, we have also delivered major successes to our clients.
For our client University of Illinois, we recently obtained US Patent No. 8,045,161, for cutting-edge optical and computational techniques for measuring the polarizability and location of nanoparticles. Polarizability is the property of a particle that describes its rearrangement in an electric field, say, a beam of light. With the emergence of nanoengineering applications as diverse as drug delivery, sensing, and electronics, it has become useful to characterize, not only collective properties of bulk media, but the polarizability of a single particle, even though the particle is smaller than the wavelength of light used to measure it. Read More...
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Why do the lions of the Internet so vociferously oppose Congressional efforts to stem online piracy? Let us count the reasons.
Starbucks’s repeated failure to stop a tiny rival’s use of “Charbucks” shows how hard it is to prove dilution of a famous mark. Starbucks v. Wolfe’s Borough Coffee
Falling into the public domain is not irreversible, it seems. The Supreme Court affirms the restoration of copyright to foreign works. Golan v. Holder
Even information that has been widely available can gain trade secret protection if new confidential information is added and proper safeguards put in place. AvidAir v. Rolls-Royce
A patentee who persisted with hopeless litigation must pay the accused infringer’s legal fees. The Federal Circuit’s ruling may be a warning to patent trolls. MarcTec v. Johnson & Johnson
We explain how invention mining enables companies to identify overlooked inventions and fortify their patent arsenal.
Our new flow chart helps you determine if, and when, a copyright assignment can be terminated.
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