Below are some Representative Litigation of the
firm's:
ADE v. Genmark Automation
Counsel for Genmark in a patent infringement Action
involving a patent relating to wafer handling
apparatus.
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. v. Alliance
Semiconductor
Co‑counsel for Advanced Micro Devices ("AMD") in a
patent infringement Action involving two patents
relating to fundamental flash memory architecture.
AMD v. Altera Corporation
Co‑counsel for AMD in a patent infringement Action
involving AMD's popular MACH family of complex
programmable logic devices.
AMD v. Brooktree Corporation
Co‑counsel for AMD in a patent infringement Action
involving an AMD patent relating to a method of
fabricating semiconductor devices.
AMD v. Cypress Semiconductor
Cypress Semiconductor v. AMD
Co‑counsel for AMD in patent infringement Actions
involving technology relating to complex
programmable logic devices.
AMD v. Gazelle Microelectronics
Samsung v. AMD
AMD v. Atmel Corporation
AMD v. Cypress Semiconductor
Co‑counsel for AMD in four Actions based on a patent
covering AMD's 22V10 programmable logic device.
AMD v. Hyundai Electronics America
Co‑counsel for AMD in an Action for misappropriation
of AMD's trade secrets relating to flash memory
technology and architecture.
Amdahl Corporation v. Isogon Corporation
Isogon Corporation v. Amdahl Corporation
Counsel for Amdahl in patent infringement Actions
relating to software auditing and assessment
services.
Americana Trading Company v. Russ Berrie
Counsel for defendant in a trademark infringement
Action.
Asyst Technologies v. Jenoptik
Counsel for Asyst Technologies in an Action for
infringement of an Asyst patent relating to
semiconductor wafer handling equipment.
Auspex Systems v. Apogee Systems
Counsel for Auspex Systems in an Action for
infringement of an Auspex patent relating to network
file servers.
Bingo Card Minder Corporation v. Power Bingo
Corporation
Counsel for Power Bingo Corporation in a patent
infringement Action relating to electronic bingo
handsets.
Brooktree Corporation v. AMD
Co‑counsel for AMD in a patent and mask work
infringement Action relating to color palette chips.
This was the first case tried under the
Semiconductor Chip Protection Act.
California Amplifier v. Pacific Monolithics
Counsel for Pacific Monolithics in a patent
infringement Action involving wireless broadband
encryption technology.
Civix DDI v. Microsoft Corporation, Infoseek, Inc.,
et al
Counsel for Infoseek in a patent infringement Action
relating to electronic mapping technology.
Conner Peripherals v. Western Digital
Western Digital v. Conner Peripherals
IBM v. Conner Peripherals
Co‑counsel for Conner Peripherals in Actions for
alleged infringement of patents owned by all three
parties relating to various architectural,
mechanical and electrical disk drive technologies.
Data East USA v. Epyx
Counsel for Data East USA in a trademark and
copyright infringement Action. Obtained an
injunction concerning infringement of video game
technology that was appealed to the United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Datrek v. Encompass
Trial counsel for plaintiff in an Action relating to
ownership of mainframe banking software.
Diamond Multimedia and Micron Technology v. Lans
Counsel for plaintiffs in a declaratory judgment
Action for non‑infringement and invalidity of a
patent involving color graphics display systems used
in video cards. This Action is being monitored by
the personal computer industry in view of
defendant/patent owner's allegations of infringement
against numerous major computer system
manufacturers.
Etak, Inc. v. Zexel USA
Co‑counsel for Etak in a patent infringement Action
relating to vehicle navigation systems.
Electronics For Imaging, Inc. v. Harlequin, Inc.,
Compose Systems, Inc., et al
Counsel for Compose Systems in a patent infringement
Action relating to color printer and RIP technolo gy.
Franklin Computer v. Central Point Software
Counsel for Central Point in an Action for software
copyright infringement and breach of contract.
Hilgraeve Corporation v. Symantec Corporation
Counsel for Symantec in a patent infringement Action
relating to Symantec's anti‑virus software products
for desktop, network and Internet applications.
High Tech Medical Instrumentation v. New Image
Industries, Inc.
Counsel for New Image Industries in a patent
infringement Action involving intra‑oral video
cameras. Published Opinion: High Tech Medical v. New
Image Industries, 49 F.3d 1551 (Fed. Cir. 1995).
IPLearn LLC v. Ask Jeeves, Inc.
Counsel for IPLearn in a patent infringement Action
involving a natural‑language method for answering
questions.
Linear Technology Corporation v. Impala Linear
Corporation, Toyoda Automatic Loom Works, et al.
Co‑counsel for Impala and Toyoda in a patent
infringement Action relating to power supply chips.
Maxim Integrated Products v. Impala Linear
Corporation, Toyoda Automatic Loom Works, et al.
Co‑counsel for Impala and Toyoda in a patent
infringement Action relating to power supply chips.
Maxim Integrated Products v. Teledyne Semiconductor
Counsel for Teledyne in an Action for alleged
infringement of a Maxim patent relating to linear
integrated circuit devices and counterclaims against
Maxim for false designation of origin, unfair
competition and dilution.
Monticelli v. PG&E
Co‑counsel for the plaintiff in an Action relating
to a method of abating hydrogen sulfide emissions
from geothermal power generation plants. Obtained a
favorable settlement for the patent holder.
Network Appliances v. Auspex Systems
Co‑counsel for Auspex in a declaratory judgment
Action asserting non‑infringement and invalidity of
an Auspex patent relating to network file servers.
Nintendo v. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing
Company
Co‑counsel for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing
Company in an Action involving allegations of design
patent, mask work and copyright infringement.
North Star Computers v. Servio Logic Corp.
Counsel for Servio Logic in an Action for
misappropriation of trade secrets and employee
raiding.
Pacific Monolithics v. California Amplifier
Counsel for Pacific Monolithics in a patent
infringement Action relating to Pacific Monolithics'
design patent.
Pacific Telesis v. Allied Telesis
Counsel for Allied Telesis in an Action for alleged
infringement of Pacific Telesis' trademarks, service
marks and trade names, and counterclaims against
Pacific Telesis for unfair competition and false
designation of origin.
Pure Software v. Platinum Technology, Inc.
Counsel for Platinum in a patent infringement Action
relating to software tools for detecting memory
access errors.
PCPC v. Symantec Corporation
Counsel for Symantec in a patent infringement Action
relating to network backup software. Rodime,
P.L.C. v. Conner Peripherals
Counsel for Conner Peripherals in a patent
infringement Action concerning disk drive
technology.
SyQuest Technology v. Micro Storage
As counsel for SyQuest Technology in an Action for
the misappropriation of disk drive technology.
Telecommunications Technology v. Wiltron
Counsel for Wiltron in an Action for
misappropriation of trade secrets and infringement
of patents relating to telecommunications test
equipment.
Trend v. Symantec Corporation and McAfee Corporation
Counsel for Symantec in a patent infringement Action
involving Symantec's Norton Anti‑Virus software
products for the Internet.
UltraPure v. HTC and Kinetic Systems, Inc.
As counsel for Kinetic Systems, successfully
defended against claim of trademark infringement and
trade secret misappropriation for ultra‑high purity
semiconductor processing equipment fittings.
Welch Allyn v. New Image
Co‑counsel for New Image in a patent infringement Action
involving technology relating to intra‑oral endoscopes.