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Member of five-attorney team that prepared the brief and oral argument in the Federal Circuit’s en banc rehearing of Phillips v. AWH, the most significant patent claim construction case in nearly 10 years. After Federal Circuit's en banc decision, served as AWH's co-lead counsel at trial, where the court entered a judgment as a matter of law in favor of AWH. Served as lead counsel for the plaintiff in a patent infringement case that involved performance monitoring for fiber channel switches used in storage area networks (including a preliminary injunction hearing). Represented a company which allegedly infringed three patents of a competitor. Two separate actions were filed, one by our client in Colorado and a second by the competitor in California, asserting various claims for Lanham Act violations, deceptive trade practices and unfair competition, in addition to patent infringement. The competitor sought damages in excess of $30 million. Two months before trial, the case settled on favorable terms for our client. Represented client bringing claims for misappropriation of trade secrets involving extraction and purification processes for the commercial production of cancer fighting agent. By agreement of the parties the case was submitted to arbitration with the dispute limited to allegations about four steps in the process. Upon completion of the hearing, the panel issued an opinion finding that the opposing company had indeed misappropriated all four steps of the process. Represented client in an action for trade dress and trademark infringement against competitor. The case centered on the client’s packaging and trademarks. At the end of the trial, the court entered judgment for our client. | 