Russ August & Kabat Partner, Irene Y. Lee, was quoted in the Los Angeles Times article, “Virus leads to deluge of trademark filings: The pandemic inspires hundreds of applications that vary from serious to silly. Most won’t go far..” Irene Y. Lee was consulted because her practice involves many aspects of intellectual property, such as patents, trademarks, copyright, trade secrets and right of publicity. See article.
Russ August & Kabat attorneys Marc Fenster, Benjamin Wang, Adam Hoffman, Paul Kroeger, Andrew Weiss, Jacob Buczko, and Justin Maio won a jury verdict for their client, SPEX Technologies, Inc., against Apricorn, Inc., for damages of $3.1 million for Apricorn’s infringement of U.S. Patent 6,088,802. The ‘802 Patent, originally granted to encryption pioneer Spyrus Inc., relates to hardware encryption on peripheral storage devices. The jury found that Apricorn had infringed all asserted claims. Validity was not tried, as the Court granted SPEX’s motion for summary judgment on validity prior to trial. Subsequent to trial, the Court entered judgment, including pre-trial interest, for $4,107,735. The trial was held in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, before the Honorable James Selna. The case is SPEX Technologies Inc. v. Apricorn, case number 2:16-cv-07349. Apricorn was represented by Michael J. Lyons, Christopher D. Bright, Carla B. Oakley, Hersh Mehta, Ehsun Forghany, and Thomas Y. Nolan of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP.
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Russ August & Kabat attorneys Benjamin T. Wang, Andrew D. Weiss, Adam S. Hoffman, Jacob R. Buczko, and Minna Y. Chan won a jury verdict for their client, Pavo Solutions, LLC, against Kingston Technology Company, Inc. for damages of approximately $7.5 million for Kingston’s infringement of U.S. Patent No. 6,926,544. The ’544 patent relates to a USB flash memory drive with a swivel cover design. The jury found that Kingston infringed all asserted claims of the ’544 patent and further, that Kingston’s infringement was willful. The Court will determine the amount of enhanced damages to award Pavo for Kingston’s willful infringement at a later date.
The trial was held in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, before the Honorable Josephine Staton. The case is Pavo Solutions LLC v. Kingston Technology Company Inc., Case No. 8:14-cv-01352. Kingston was represented by Juanita Brooks, David Hoffman, David Morris, Nicole Williams, and Brianna Chamberlin of Fish & Richardson PC.
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Russ August & Kabat Partner, Irene Y. Lee, a leading Intellectual Property lawyer in the region, was interviewed by the Los Angeles Business Journal for her assessment of the current state of IP legislation, the new rules of copyright protection, licensing and technology, and the various trends that she’s been observing, and in some cases, driving. Read the article.
Russ August & Kabat Partner, Larry C. Russ, negotiated a highly publicized settlement on behalf of Yodeler Wylie Gustafson against early internet era pioneer Yahoo, in 2002. Gustafson, who had recorded a single yodel for a supposedly regional Yahoo radio commercial for $590.38, filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Yahoo after the company began using Gustafson’s distinctive and unique yodel as the company’s audible signature on a myriad of company products and releases. See article.
Russ August & Kabat Partner, Stanton “Larry” Stein, alleges that Rovier Carrington, a self-described Hollywood ‘It Boy’, faked emails to support a $100 million sexual assault lawsuit against Viacom. Stanton “Larry” Stein said, “Not one of 39 contested emails that the Plaintiff filed in support of his claims exists in native form in any of his accounts.” Stanton “Larry” Stein said he would file a motion for monetary sanctions against Carrington for his “fraud on the Court and spoliation” of evidence. See Article.
