Results
The Katz Firm has obtained for its clients millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements, and has also successfully defended claims made against clients. Of course, no one can guarantee outcomes.
Representative Matters:
- Represented a trademark owner in the energy brokerage business against a competitor. Matter pending.
- Represented a patent owner in ten patent litigation actions (some ongoing) against manufacturers and users of light-emitting diodes. The closed matters were settled on confidential terms. The representation also included the defense against four petitions for inter-partes review filed with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Successfully defended each petition against institution despite an average electronics arts institution rate above 70%.
- Represented the owner of a patent involving electronic inductors against the seller of tablet computers using the inductors, and against three inductor manufacturers (some ongoing). The closed matters were settled on confidential terms. The representation included the defense against two petitions for inter-partes review filed with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
- Represented the owner of three patents involving LED lighting fixtures in five actions against lighting fixture manufacturers. The parties settled on confidential terms.
- Represented the owner of patents involving wireless data connectivity technology in two patent litigation actions. The representation included the defense against two petitions for inter-partes review filed with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
- Represented the owner of a patent involving treadmills against an exercise equipment manufacturer. The parties settled on confidential terms.
- Defended three video camera manufacturers in three patent suits regarding digital recording device technology. The parties settled on confidential terms.
- Defended an e-learning software provider in a patent suit regarding e-learning software technology. The parties settled on confidential terms.
- Defended a tablet computer manufacturer in a patent suit regarding image encoding integrated circuit technology. The parties settled on confidential terms.
- Asserted unfair competition claims involving the manufacture and sale of portable music devices. The parties settled on confidential terms.
- Asserted trade dress and trademark infringement claims involving rooftop support products.
- Represented a patent owner in litigation against a manufacturer of rooftop support products. A Houston jury returned a verdict finding trademark and trade dress infringement and awarded damages of $5.86 million. The parties settled on confidential terms during appeal.
- Asserted multiple patents involving display devices, appliances, antennae, and opto-electronic devices against an overseas manufacturer.
- Defended a manufacturer of desktop VoIP telephones in a patent suit involving VoIP encryption technology.
- Asserted a patent involving statistical methods against multiple suppliers of statistical software.
- Defended a wireless handset manufacturer against patent infringement charges involving the downloading of compressed data files.
- Defended computer software developer against claims of patent infringement involving wireless communication between clients and servers.
- Defended computer software developer against claims of patent infringement involving caching on computer networks.
- Represented a patent owner of a patent involving the accessing of data objects from an array-based mathematical computing environment against a competitor.