University Attended:
Oregon State University, B.S., Electrical Engineering, summa cum laude
Law School Attended:
University of California at Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall), J.D., 2010
Year of First Admission:
2010
Admission:
Colorado; California; Oregon; U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas; U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California; U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Memberships:
Professional & Community Involvement
•Member, American Bar Association
•Member, Bar Association of San Francisco
Reported Cases:
Experience: Representative Matters: Uniloc USA, Inc., et al. v. Samsung Electronics America, Inc., et al. Represented the defendant in a consolidated patent infringement case alleging infringement of 5 patents concerning pedometer functionality.; Uniloc USA, Inc., et al. v. Samsung Electronics America, Inc., et al. Represented the defendant in 4 patent infringement cases alleging infringement of 4 patents concerning Bluetooth, LTE and other communication protocols.; Mobile Telecommunications Technologies, LLC v. Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC . Represented the defendant in patent litigation regarding technology for two-way wireless communications, including methods and devices for processing data messages between a mobile unit and a network operations center.; Limelight Networks, Inc. v. Akamai Technologies, Inc. Represented Limelight as petitioner and patent owner with respect to 16 inter partes review petitions concerning patents related to content delivery networks.; Becton, Dickinson and Company v. B. Braun Melsungen AG . Represented the patent owner with respect to 8 inter partes review petitions concerning patents related to catheters.; Gonzalez v . Tagged & Gonzalez v. New Life Ventures. Represented Tagged and New Life Ventures, won judgement of invalidity after trial in E.D.Tex. in patent litigation relating to digital labels for websites.; EEF v . Personal Audio. Represented EEF, on judgement invalidating Personal Audio's podcasting patent after a trial before the Patent Trials and Appeal Board.; Prolifiq v . Veeva. Represented Prolifiq in patent and trade secret litigation related to software for managing regulated communications for pharmaceuticals and medical devices.; Walker Digital v. MySpace, et al. Represented LinkedIn, MySpace and Tagged against patents asserted against social networks' use of friend relationships.; Teva Women's Health v. Mylan, Teva Women's Health v. Lupin, and related matters. Represented Teva at trial and in subsequent appeal regarding patents covering Seasonique, as well as in a set of five other related ANDA cases involving patents covering Seasonique, LoSeasonique and Cenestin .; Global Ground Automation v. Orissa et. al. Represented Global Ground Automation, in case involving patent relating to software for ground transportation.; Core Wireless v. LG. Represented LG in patent litigation involving technology related to standards for cellular telephones.; Fotomedia v. Tagged, et al. Represented social network Tagged against five patents asserted against social networks' use of technology for displaying, uploading and managing photos.
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