Affiliations

• Member of International Trade Commission Trial Lawyers Association (ITCTLA)
• Member of Federal Circuit Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• Chicago Bar Association
• Illinois State Bar Association
• Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago
• High Technology Crime Investigation Association

Representative Engagements

• Soverain v. HSN, Inc., et al. (U.S.D.C. E.D. Tex.) (patent infringement lawsuit involving e-commerce and user authentication)
• DataTern v. HSN, Inc., et al. (U.S.D.C. E.D. Tex.) (patent infringement lawsuit involving database look-up technologies)
• Clear with Computers v. HSN, Inc., et al. (U.S.D.C. E.D. Tex.) (patent infringement lawsuit involving electronic proposal generation)
• Card Activation Technologies v. Chico's FAS, Inc. (U.S.D.C. N.D. Ill.) (patent infringement lawsuit involving method for processing debit card transactions)
• Nalco Company v. Enviro Tech Chemical Services, Inc. (U.S.D.C. N.D. Ill.) (patent infringement lawsuit involving method of manufacturing stabilized bromine solutions)
• Zinkan Enterprises v. Nalco Company (U.S.D.C. N.D. Ohio) (patent infringement lawsuit involving crude glycerin based composition to prevent freezing and dust generation)
• ClassCo, Inc. v. Motorola, Inc., et al., (U.S.D.C. Mass.) (patent infringement lawsuit involving audible Caller ID)
• Henrob Limited v. Böllhoff Systemtechnik GmbH & Co. KG, (U.S.D.C. E.D. Mich.) (patent infringement lawsuit involving self-pierce riveting machinery)
• Woco Motor Acoustic Systems, Inc. v. Böllhoff GmbH, (U.S.D.C. N.D. Ill.) (patent infringement lawsuit involving grommet coupling system)
• Lumino Designs Ltd. v. Target Corp., et. al., (U.S.D.C. N.D. Ill.) (patent infringement lawsuit involving lighted children’s shoes)
• Tessera, Inc. v. AMD, et al., (U.S.D.C. N.D. Cal.) (patent infringement lawsuit involving semi-conductor packages)
• In The Matter of Certain Semiconductor Chips with Minimized Chip Package Size and Products Containing Same (III), (I.T.C. Inv. No. 337-TA-649) (ITC investigation involving semi-conductor packages)
• In The Matter of Certain Semiconductor Chips with Minimized Chip Package Size and Products Containing Same (III), (I.T.C. Inv. No. 337-TA-630) (ITC investigation involving semi-conductor packages)
• Tessera, Inc. v. A-DATA Technology Co., Ltd., et al., (U.S.D.C. E.D. Tex.) (patent infringement lawsuit involving semi-conductor packages)
• Jens Erik Sorensen v. Helen of Troy Corporation, et al., (U.S.D.C. S.D. Cal.) (patent infringement lawsuit involving process of injection molding)
• Kaba Ilco Inc., v. HPC, Inc., (U.S.D.C. E.D. N.C.) (patent infringement lawsuit involving coded key cutting machinery – obtained dismissal for lack of jurisdiction)
• Bosch v. Ball-Kell, et al., (7th Cir; U.S.D.C. C.D. Ill.) (favorable jury verdict in copyright infringement lawsuit involving ownership and use of teaching materials – defendants awarded attorneys’ fees)
• Nova Chemical, Inc. v. Peter Steiner, et al., (U.S.D.C. W.D. Pen.) (trade secret and breach of contract lawsuit involving in-mold labeling technology)
• Biagro Western Sales, Inc. et al. v. Grow More, Inc., 423 F.3d 1296 (Fed. Cir. 2005) (patent infringement lawsuit involving agricultural fertilizer made from phosphorous acid)
• World Kitchen (GHC), LLC, et al., v. Zyliss Haushaltwaren AG, et al., 151 Fed.Appx. 970 (Fed. Cir. 2005) (patent infringement lawsuit involving salad spinner brake device).
• Nalco Company v. Buntrock Industries Inc., (U.S.D.C. N.D. Ill.; U.S.D.C. E.D. Vir.) (patent infringement lawsuit involving investment casting)
• Attwood Corp v. GEM Products Inc., (U.S.D.C. N.D. Ill.) (patent infringement lawsuit involving boat cleats)
• Mag Instrument Inc. v. Gillette Company, et. al., (U.S.D.C. C.D. Cal.) (patent infringement lawsuit involving flashlights)
• World Kitchen (GHC) v. Dressler, et al., (U.S.D.C. N.D. Ill.) (patent infringement lawsuit regarding kitchen utensil handles)
• World Kitchen LLC, et al. v. Dollar Tree Stores, Inc., (U.S.D.C. N.D. Ill.) (patent infringement lawsuit regarding kitchen utensil handles)
• Black Industrial Supply v. Latimer, et al., (U.S.D.C. N.D. Ind.) (lawsuit involving ownership of domain name)
• Coe-Truman Tech., Inc v. Rudnicke, et al., (U.S.D.C. C.D. Ill.) (lawsuit involving misuse of computer information)