Russ August & Kabat is proud of Irene Y. Lee and Ashley R. Yeargan who have been named to the Los Angeles Business Journal’s 2020 list of Most Influential Women Lawyers. Irene Y. Lee and Ashley R. Yeargan are two of 75 women honored for her exceptional legal skill and achievement. Read the article.
Russ August & Kabat Wins $4.1 Million Against Apricorn in February 2020 Jury Trial
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.
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.
Stanton “Larry” Stein was selected again for inclusion in The Hollywood Reporter’s Legal Legends list as part of the 14th annual Top 100 Power Lawyers report, which was published this week by The Hollywood Reporter. The Hollywood Reporter describes the Legal Legends list as a class of attorneys whose “impact on Hollywood is so historic and lasting, they transcend the Power Lawyers list.” Read more. Click here to view The Hollywood Reporter Power Lawyers issue.
Russ August & Kabat Wins Federal Circuit Appeal Against Facebook January 2020
Russ August & Kabat won reversal of a summary judgment order that found no infringement of patents owned by client, Mirror Worlds Technologies, LLC, which were asserted against Facebook, Inc. in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The appeal was argued at the Federal Circuit by Russ August & Kabat attorney Marc A. Fenster.
The Federal Circuit agreed with Mirror Worlds that the District Court erroneously concluded that, based on the evidence in the record, there was no genuine dispute about Facebook’s infringement of the patents. Though Facebook submitted declarations and testimony from key engineers about its systems, the Federal Circuit determined that there was sufficient evidence to support a jury verdict that Facebook’s accused systems infringe Mirror Worlds’ patents.
The patents at issue are U.S. Patent Nos. 6,006,227, 7,865,538 and 8,255,439, which are related to managing and organizing information into time-ordered streams. Because the Federal Circuit reversed the District Court’s summary judgment order, the case has been returned to the District Court, where Mirror Worlds’ claims of infringement will proceed.
Mirror Worlds is represented by Russ August & Kabat attorneys Marc A. Fenster, Benjamin T. Wang, James Tsuei, and Theresa Troupson.
Russ August & Kabat is proud of Irene Y. Lee and Benjamin T. Wang, who have been named to the Los Angeles Business Journal’s 2020 list of “Top Minority Attorneys in Los Angeles.” With Los Angeles being the melting pot that it is, it is a great honor and Irene Y. Lee and Benjamin T. Wang were among some stellar company. Read the article.