Select Cases

• Bombardier Recreational Products v. Arctic Cat (D. Minnesota). Trial counsel defending Arctic Cat on allegations of willful patent infringement pertaining to snowmobiles. Jury verdict for Arctic Cat invaliding both patents at issue; affirmed on appeal.
• Arctic Cat v. Bombardier Recreational Products and BRP U.S. Inc. (S.D. Florida). Trial counsel for Arctic Cat as plaintiff alleging infringement of two Arctic Cat patents directed to off-throttle steering technology for personal watercraft. Jury verdict for Arctic Cat on all counts; judgment for Arctic Cat in excess of $48 million (including enhanced damages for willful infringement). Willful infringement and patent validity issues all affirmed on appeal; remanded for a recalculation of damages based on an interpretation of the patent marking statute. One of the Top 100 Verdicts in the United States for 2016.
• Union Oil Company of California and Unocal Corp. v. Arco, et al. (C.D. Cal.). Trial counsel for Union Oil and Unocal as plaintiffs alleging infringement of a patent for certain compositions of reformulated gasoline. Jury verdict for plaintiffs on all counsel resulting in judgment in excess of $98 million. Affirmed on appeal.
• Talbert Fuel Systems v. Unocal Corp., et al. (C.D. Cal.). Counsel for Unocal on allegations of patent infringement for patent related to gasoline compositions. Summary judgment for Unocal before discovery; affirmed on appeal.
• FTC v. Union Oil Company of California (FTC). Trial counsel for Union Oil Co. in antitrust and fraud case arising from the enforcement of Union Oil’s patents for reformulated gasoline. Trial decision pending at time of sale of company to Chevron and Chevron’s settlement of the matter with a consent decree.

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• Counsel for defendant wholesaler on allegations of willful patent infringement and trade dress infringement pertaining to exhale smoke filters. Obtained reversal of default after withdrawal of prior counsel. Within two months completed discovery, brought summary judgment of non-infringement and patent invalidity, and served an expert report resulting in settlement of all claims before further summary judgment briefing or argument.
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