Brian Koide is a partner in the firm's Intellectual Property Group, where he specializes in patent litigation. For more than a decade, he has litigated patent infringement disputes involving a wide range of technologies, including software, wireless communications, graphic user interfaces, consumer electronics, commercial vehicles, digital cameras, electronic payment systems, on-line auctions, digital-image processing, and speech compression.
As a registered patent attorney with an engineering degree, Brian combines his patent, litigation, and technical expertise to effectively represent his clients. Brian is experienced in all phases of patent litigation, from pre-suit counseling through trial and appeal. Brian's patent infringement cases have run the gamut from disputes between Fortune 50 companies to individual inventors.
Brian received his J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center and his undergraduate degree in Engineering from the University of California, San Diego. Brian is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. He is admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and the United States District Courts for the District of Maryland and the Eastern District of Virginia. Prior to entering the legal field, Brian worked as an aerospace engineer.
Brian serves as a Vice Chair on the Firm's Recruiting Committee and Co-Chair to the Firm's DC Office Summer Associate Committee.
Representative Cases
· Certain Communication Equipment, Components Thereof, and Products Containing the Same (337-TA-817) (representing respondent Avaya in an investigation related to Power over Ethernet telephones, switches, and wireless access points. Investigation is pending. Also representing Avaya in a parallel action before the United States District Court for the District of Delaware).
· Infinity Computer Products v. Kodak (E.D. Pa.) (representing Kodak in a multi-defendant patent infringement action involving document scanners).
· Technology Patents v. Sprint Nextel (D. Md.) (representing Sprint in a patent infringement action involving international paging).
· Spread Spectrum v. Kodak (W.D.N.Y., N.D. Ill., and Fed. Cir.) (representing Kodak and its printer customers in a patent infringement action involving stochastic halftone screening).
· WABCO Holdings v. Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems (D. N.J.) (obtained stay pending reexamination on behalf of Bendix in a patent infringement action involving gas compressors).
· Elen IP v. Bendix (W.D. Wash.) (representing Bendix, Navistar, PACCAR, Prevost, and Volvo in a multi-defendant patent infringement action involving truck vehicle stability systems).
· In re Halftone Screening Methods (C.D. Cal. and E.D. Tex.) (represented Kodak in a patent infringement action involving digital halftone screening).
· FlashPoint v. Sprint Spectrum (D. Del.) (representing Sprint in a patent infringement action involving handsets with digital cameras).
· Whetstone v. Kodak (E.D. Tex.) (represented Kodak in a patent infringement action involving interface cards).
· Rushing v. Kodak (W.D.N.Y.) (represented Kodak in patent infringement action involving densitometers).
· R. R. Donnelley v. Kodak (D. Del.) (represented Kodak in patent infringement action involving variable digital printing software).
· Tesseron v. Kodak (N.D. Oh.) (represented Kodak in patent infringement action involving variable data printing).
· Broadcom v. Qualcomm (Fed. Cir.) (represented amicus curiae Sprint in patent infringement action involving baseband processing chips).
· FotoMedia v. Sprint Spectrum (E.D. Tex.) (represented Sprint in patent infringement action involving on-line photo-sharing applications).
· GTX v. Kodak (E.D. Tex.) (represented defendant in patent infringement action involving document scanning software).
· Hakim v. Cannon-Avent (Fed. Cir.) (represented plaintiff-appellant Hakim in patent infringement action involving baby products).
· Freedom Wireless v. Nextel (D. Mass. and Fed. Cir.) (represented Nextel in patent infringement action involving prepaid cell phones).
Alerts & Newsletters
· "Federal Circuit Clarifies Joint Ownership Rules with a 'Resounding Yes'," Intellectual Property Bullet Analyses (October 10, 2008). Contacts: Mark Supko, Brian M. Koide.
· "Consent Judgment Not Reviewable Without Effect and Context of Claim Construction Ruling," Intellectual Property Bullet Analyses (July 23, 2008). Contacts: Mark Supko, Brian M. Koide.
· "US Supreme Court Makes it Easier to Find Patents Obvious," IP Insights (May 1, 2007). Contacts: Richard McMillan Jr., Jeffrey D. Sanok, Brian M. Koide.
· "Supreme Court Signals Shift in Obviousness Standard," IP Insights (December 19, 2006). Contacts: Mark Supko, Brian M. Koide.
Speaking Engagements
· "Winning Strategies for Negotiating IP Indemnification," IP Counsel Café Conference (April 15, 2010). Presenters: Beatrice B. Nguyen and Brian Koide.