Trials

(Northern District of California; Tokyo District Court; ITC) Won a verdict over $1 billion in a trade secrets case involving smartphones.

(Northern District of California) In a trade secrets trial involving autonomous vehicles, obtained a favorable settlement for Uber involving self-driving car technology after four days of jury trial.

(Central District of California) Won two separate jury trials in the Central District of California. In the first trial, which covered two patents, the jury found that Nikon did not infringe either patent and that one of the patents was invalid. In the second trial, the jury returned a non-infringement verdict in favor of Nikon on five patents. Following these trials, MoFo successfully represented Nikon in this patent infringement dispute in several other jurisdictions worldwide, including in front of the ITC.

(Southern District of New York) Represented Sprint and SoftBank before the DOJ/FCC and at trial against multiple state attorneys general seeking to block the T-Mobile-Sprint merger as anti-competitive. After a two-week trial, the court dismissed the case and the merger closed successfully.

(Western District of Washington) Defended Epic Games against patent claims over interactive virtual concerts. Defeated three out of four patents pretrial and won a complete noninfringement verdict on the remaining patent. The jury also found an asserted claim patent-ineligible, a rare result under the clear and convincing evidence standard.

(District of Delaware) Represented Postscript in an e-commerce marketing technology dispute against Attentive, which alleged patent infringement and copying. We secured summary judgment of noninfringement on all asserted patents, flipped the case through a counterclaim, and won a full infringement verdict with a nearly 20-year ongoing royalty, ending Attentive’s litigation campaign.

(ITC) Represented Renesas in an ITC investigation initiated by Broadcom. Following an ITC trial, secured a victory before the Administrative Law Judge and the Commission on all four patents asserted against Renesas; victories were affirmed on appeal.

(ITC) Secured a complete defense victory for Insta360, a global leader in 360-degree camera technology in a dispute with GoPro. The Commission’s final determination cleared Insta360 of all asserted utility patent claims and brought the investigation to a final resolution in the company’s favor.

(District of Delaware) Won a defense verdict of non-infringement in a patent lawsuit that sought nearly $85 million in damages involving technology connecting smartphones to a car’s infotainment system.

(Northern District of California) Won a defense verdict in VMware’s first jury trial where the plaintiff sought over $100 million plus future royalties for alleged copyright infringement.