Opti Inc. v. Apple Inc.
Mr. Cassady represented Opti in a patent infringement suit against Apple over a patent on a computer operation enabling a “pre-snooping” function designed to allow more efficient data transfer. A jury found that Apple willfully infringed Opti’s patent and awarded a $19 million verdict. The case settled shortly before completion of the appeal to the […]
Wyeth and Cordis Corp. v. Medtronic Inc., et al.
Mr. Caldwell successfully defended Medtronic in a patent infringement lawsuit pending in the District of New Jersey. Local companies Wyeth and Cordis accused Medtronic of infringing patents pertaining to the use of the drug rapamycin (now commercially known as sirolimus) to treat restenosis. The district court granted Medtronic’s motion for summary judgment that invalidated the […]
Halliburton Energy Services Inc. v. BJ Services Corp.
Mr. Caldwell and Mr. Cassady represented Halliburton as trial counsel in an arbitration proceeding against BJ Services Corporation (now part of Baker Hughes, Inc.) concerning the infringement of three Halliburton patents in the field of hydraulic fracturing. Mr. Caldwell tried the case before the American Arbitration Association.
Continental Circuits LLC v. Intel Corporation, et al.
Caldwell Cassady & Curry successfully represented plaintiff Continental Circuits in its patent infringement case against Intel Corporation and its Japanese supplier, Ibiden. The lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona involved Intel’s semiconductor packaging products. Midway through the litigation, the firm successfully appealed a claim construction to the Federal Circuit, […]
ReedHycalog LP v. US Synthetics Corp.
Mr. Cassady represented US Synthetics in defending ReedHycalog’s allegations of patent infringement litigation regarding diamond cutter technology.
Bedrock Computer Techs v. Google Inc.
Mr. Curry and Mr. Cassady successfully represented Bedrock in a suit filed against Google for patent infringement involving methods for efficiently removing expired data from information storage and retrieval systems. The case settled shortly after the jury awarded $5 million in favor of Bedrock.
TGIP Inc. v. AT&T Corp.
Mr. Caldwell represented TGIP in a patent-infringement action against AT&T, MCI/Verizon, and others involving point-of-sale-activated calling cards. AT&T remained in the lawsuit through a jury trial, and the jury awarded a verdict in favor of TGIP. The case settled favorably for TGIP while an appeal was pending.
Anascape Ltd. v. Nintendo of America Inc. and Microsoft Corp.
Mr. Cassady successfully represented Anascape in its patent infringement lawsuit against Microsoft and Nintendo involving video game controller technology. After a two-week trial in the Eastern District of Texas, Anascape obtained a jury verdict against Nintendo. Microsoft and Anascape reached a confidential settlement on the eve of trial.
i2 Technologies Inc. (now JDA Software Group) v. Oracle Corp.
Mr. Caldwell successfully represented i2 in a patent infringement action involving supply chain planning and application management patents. The parties reached a settlement agreement following the pretrial conference.
JP Morgan Chase & Co. v. Affiliated Computer Services Inc.
Mr. Caldwell defended ACS in a patent infringement lawsuit brought by JPMorgan Chase in the District of Delaware, that focused on three stored-value card patents asserted by JPMorgan. Before the close of discovery, JPMorgan unilaterally dropped all three patents from the lawsuit in the face of compelling defenses of noninfringement, invalidity, and inequitable conduct.