Experience

Representative Work

• Obtained favorable results in unlawful trade practices enforcement actions brought by Attorneys General in multiple states against the maker of 5-hour ENERGY^®. Obtained complete defense verdict after three-week trial in action brought by the Oregon Attorney General alleging violations of Oregon’s Unlawful Trade Practices Act. Prevailed on significant claims following three-week trial in action brought by the Washington Attorney General alleging violations of the Washington Consumer Protection Act.
• Certain Integrated Transporters, Components Thereof, and Manuals Therefor,  Inv. No 337-TA-935- represented Respondents PowerUnion (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd.; Ninebot (Tianjin) Technology Co.; Ltd.; and Ninebot, Inc.
• Certain Wireless Devices, Including Mobile Phones and Tablets II, Inv. No. 337-TA-905- represented Nokia Inc. and Nokia Corp.
• Certain Integrated Circuit Devices and Products Containing the Same, Inv. No. 337-TA-873- represented Nokia Inc. and Nokia Corp.
• Certain Mobile Handset Devices and Related Touch Keyboard Software, Inv. No. 337-TA-864- represented Personal Communications Devices.
• Lake Cherokee Hard Drive Technologies,  LLC v. MediaTek USA, Inc. (E.D. Tex.)- Plaintiff dismissed all claims with prejudice against represented defendant Hewlett Packard Company in patent litigation involving error correction codes for optical disks.
• Continental Automotive Systems US, Inc. v. Schrader Electronics, Inc. (E.D. Mich.)- achieved favorable settlement on behalf of Continental Automotive Systems US, Inc. in patent infringement litigation involving tire pressure monitoring systems.
• Schrader-Bridgeport International, Inc. v. Continental Automotive Systems US, Inc. (W.D. V.A.; E.D. Mich.)- achieved favorable settlement on behalf of Continental Automotive Systems US, Inc. in patent infringement litigation involving tire pressure monitoring systems.
• Certain CMOS Image Sensors and Products Containing Same, Inv. No. 337-TA-846- represented Nokia Inc. and Nokia Corp.
• Certain Portable Communication Devices, Inv. No. 337-TA-827- represented Nokia Inc. and Nokia Corp.
• Certain Electronic Devices with Image Processing Systems, Components Thereof, and Associated Software, Inv. No. 337-TA-724- represented Advanced Micro Devices.
• Certain Personal Data and Mobile Communications Devices and Related Software, Inv. No. 337-TA-710- represented Nokia Inc. and Nokia Corp.
• Certain Dynamic Random Access Memory Semiconductors and Products Containing the Same, Including Memory Modules, Inv. No. 337-TA-707- represented Infineon AG.
• Certain Semiconductor Integrated Circuits and Products Containing Same, Inv. No. 337-TA-65- represented Qimonda AG.
• Certain Flash Memory Chips and Products Containing the Same, Inv. No. 337-TA-664- represented Spansion, Inc.
• Certain Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Using Tungsten Metallization and Products Containing Same, Inv. No. 337-TA-648- represented Qimonda AG.
• Certain Nitrile Gloves, Inv. No. 337-TA-608- represented Tillotson Corporation.
• Certain Semiconductor Chips with Minimized Chip Package Size and Products Containing the Same, Inv. No. 337-TA-605- represented Broadcom Corporation.
• Certain Lighting Products, Components Thereof, and Products Containing the Same, Inv. No. 337-TA-594- represented Cooper Lighting.
• Ashley Furniture Indus., Inc. v. Int'l Trade Comm'n.734 F.3d 1306 (Fed. Cir. 2014)- represented the American Furniture Manufacturers' Committee for Legal Trade in successful defense of the constitutionality of the Continues Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act.
• Interdigital Comm'n, LLC v. Int'l Trade Comm'n, 707 F.3d 1295 (Fed. Cir. 2013)- represented Hewlett Packard Company in amicus brief in support of appellant on Section 337 domestic industry issue.
• SFK USA, Inc. v. United States, 556 F.3d 1337 (Fed. Cir. 2009)- represented the American Furniture Manufacturers' Committee in successful defense of the constitutionality  of the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act.
• PSC-VSMPO-Avisma v. United States, 688 F.3d 751 (Fed. Cir. 2012)- represented US Magnesium in an appeal that reversed the U.S. Court of International Trade's antidumping decision on a cost accounting issue.
• GPX Int'l Tire Corp. v. United States, 688 F.3d 732 (Fed. Cir. 2011)- represented Bridgestone Tire in challenge to the application of the countervailing duty law to non-market-economy countries.
• Pro Bono representation of Virginia death row inmate in a habeas corpus challenge to his death sentence based on ineffective assistance of counsel, which included presenting the testimony of multiple witness in an evidentiary hearing in federal district court.

Honors & Activities

• Member, Intellectual Property Law, International Law, Litigation Sections, American Bar Association
• Member, DC Bar Association
• Member, Junior League of Portland
• King & Spalding Pro Bono Service Award, 2006-2012
• Thomas Carl Damewood Evidence Award 

Insights & Presentations

• Chapter 106: Practice at the International Trade Commission, Intellectual Property Counseling and Litigation (Matthew Bender 2014) (co-author)
• "ITC Focus," Managing Intellectual Property, U.S. Patent Forum 2013, Washington, D.C., March 19, 2013
• "A Surge in Trade Secret Misappropriation Cases at the ITC," Law360, Feb. 1, 2013.
• Chapter 106: Practice at the International Trade Commission, Intellectual Property Counseling and Litigation (Matthew Bender 2010)
• "The Current Outlook for Patent Litigation for 2009," Institute of Continuing Legal Education, The 14th Annual Intellectual Property Law Institute, Los Cabos, Mexico, Nov. 13, 2008.