Irell & Manella LLP’s Los Angeles-based team maintains a strong reputation for successfully handling competitor versus competitor patent trials in the federal courts and PTAB. The team’s diverse roster of clients ranges from individual inventors to major tech and biotech companies. Seasoned trial attorney Morgan Chu chairs the practice, contributing his extensive experience in precedent-setting patent litigation cases. Jason Sheasby is very active in high-tech patent infringement cases, having recently secured victories for his clients G+ Communications and Netlist. Benjamin Hattenbach’s practice focused on pre-litigation counselling and patent infringement trials. Lisa Glasser is a valuable addition to the team, as she is knowledgeable in a wide range of high tech and life sciences issues. In Newport Beach, Stephen Payne is a skilled attorney who can handle cases in federal courts, appeal courts, and the patent office. Tony Rowles, also based in Newport Beach, specializes in patent litigation related to high-tech and manufacturing industries.
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Clients clés
- Netlist
- G+ Communications
- Xockets
- Skechers
- Future Link
- IPValue Management
- Celerity IP
- Foresight Diagnostics
- StreamScale
Points forts
- Secured back-to-back victories for Netlist in two separate cases (patent infringement and breach of contract) for important innovations in memory module technology.
- Represented G+ Communications in a patent infringement trial in the Eastern District of Texas against Samsung. At the damages re-trial, the jury awarded $142 million, the full amount requested.
- Scored a $240 million verdict for StreamScale in a patent infringement suit against Cloudera, which involved technology used to efficiently store data. After a four-day trial, the jury found that Cloudera infringed all of the asserted claims and also found Cloudera did not prove that any of the claims were invalid. The case was significant not only for the verdict size, but because StreamScale’s technology underpins modern cloud data storage.
Avocats
Hall of Fame
Avocats au sommet de leur profession, largement reconnus et respectés par l'ensemble du marché pour leur expertise éprouvée et leur intervention récurrente et longue date dans les dossiers les plus complexes et prestigieux.
Responsable de la pratique
Morgan Chu; Jason Sheasby; Lisa Glasser; Ben Hattenbach
Autres avocats clés
Stephen Payne; Tony Rowles