| Kevin D. Hogg focuses his practice on litigation and counseling concerning patents, trademarks, unfair competition and trade secrets, and works with a wide variety of products and technologies. During his 25 year career, he has appeared in federal courts across the United States in cases ranging from the relatively modest to complex multidistrict actions with claimed damages in excess of $100 million. He regularly advises highly respected innovators, such as The Procter & Gamble Company, on intellectual property matters. Mr. Hogg is also recognized for his exceptional legal skills by both clients and has achieved the highest rating for legal ability in Martindale-Hubbell and as a Leading Lawyer. Recent Client Work
In a complex multidistrict litigation, successfully defended one of the nation's largest cable television companies against nine patents allegedly covering high speed data and high definition television transmission. The patent holder eventually capitulated on eight of the nine patents and lost the ninth on summary judgment of non-infringement.
Gained a victory for multiple cable television companies against four patents asserted against transmission systems for video on demand and other compressed video applications, as the court held all four patents invalid.
Won a very favorable settlement for one of the world's largest multinational companies in a patent and inventorship dispute involving wireless electronic devices. The court upheld the validity of the company's patents and rejected the competitor's claims of inventorship. Representative Experience
Mr. Hogg has litigated cases involving a wide range of products and technologies, ranging from consumer products including foods and simple mechanical devices to commercial products including complicated electronics, communications networks, and other industrial equipment. Background and Credentials
In his 25 years of litigating patent and trademark cases across the United States, Mr. Hogg has taken a number of those cases completely through trial and appeal, on both liability and damages. He has also practiced before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in reissue, reexamination and interference proceedings, many involving proceedings in parallel to related litigation. This combined experience allows him to advise his clients on the most effective of these avenues for achieving client-desired results. Mr. Hogg graduated magna cum laude from the University of Cincinnati College of Engineering and obtained his law degree, with honors, from the University of Cincinnati College of Law. Representative Matters: Acacia v. Charter Communications*
The United States District Court for the Northern District of California
Case Type(s): Patent Infringement Acacia v. Cable America, NGP Cable, et al*
The United States District Court for the District of Arizona
Case Type(s): Patent Infringement Acacia v. Mid-Continent Media, et al*
The United States District Court for the District of Minnesota
Case Type(s): Patent Infringement Acacia v. Armstrong Group, et al*
The United States District Court for the District of North Dakota
Case Type(s): Patent Infringement Broadcast Innovation v. Charter Communications*
The United States District Court for the District of Colorado
Case Type(s): Patent Infringement Code Alarm* v. Directed Electronics
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Case Type(s): Patent Infringement Damages Dorel Juvenile Group v. Graco Children's Products*
The United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana
Case Type(s): Patent Infringement GE-Interlogix* v. Honeywell
The United States District Court for the District of Minnesota
Case Type(s): Patent Infringement, Contracts Global Patent Holdings v. CDW*
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Case Type(s): Patent Infringement Hybrid Patents v. Charter Communications*
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Case Type(s): Patent Infringement Johnson & Johnson v. The Procter and Gamble Co.*
The United States District Court for the District of Colorado
Case Type(s): Patent Infringement Kellenberger (Kimberly-Clark) v. Duenk (Procter & Gamble)*
The United States Patent Office Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
Case Type(s): Patent Interference Lear v. Faurecia*
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Case Type(s): Patent Infringement Mattingly (Johnson & Johnson) v. Van Tilburg (Procter & Gamble)*
The United States Patent Office Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
Case Type(s): Patent Interference Morphosys v. Cambridge Antibody Technology*
The United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Case Type(s): Patent Infringement Neutrik AG v. Switchcraft*
The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
Case Type(s): Unfair Competition, Trademark Infringement, Trade Dress, Patent Infringement Oscar Mayer v. Sara Lee*
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
Case Type(s): Trademark Infringement, Trade Dress, Patent Infringement Rembrandt Technologies v. Charter Communications*
The United States District Courts for the District of Delaware and the Eastern District of Texas
Case Type(s): Patent Infringement The Procter & Gamble Company* v. Georgia-Pacific
The United States District Court for the District of South Carolina
Case Type(s): Trade Secrets The Procter & Gamble Company* v. Kathryn Mowris
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Case Type(s): Trade Secrets The Procter & Gamble Company* v. Kimberly-Clark
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
Case Type(s): Patent Infringement The Procter & Gamble Company* v. Kimberly Clark
The United States District Court for the District of South Carolina
Case Type(s): Patent Infringement THK America, Inc. v. NSK Corp.*
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Case Type(s): Patent Infringement White Welding v. Keystone Industries*
The United States District Court for the District of Kansas
Case Type(s): Unfair Competition, Patent Infringement *Party Represented. |