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Brian P. Biddinger
Partner
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Brian represents clients in all aspects of patent litigation at both the district court and appellate levels. His work involves the day-to-day management of complex patent cases relating to a wide variety of technologies, including microprocessors, consumer products, automotive technologies, video games and Internet-related technology. He also has extensive trial experience, having tried five cases in the past eight years that have all ended in favorable judgments or settlements for our clients.
Representative Clients and Matters
- LG Electronics, Inc. v. Whirlpool Corp. (D. N.J.) – Representing LG Electronics in a patent infringement lawsuit involving refrigerators.
- Big Baboon, Inc. v. American Honda Motor Co., Inc. et al. (C.D. Cal.) – Defended Honda against claims of infringement of two patents relating to electronic commerce.
- DealerTrack v. RouteOne LLC (C.D. Cal.) – Defended RouteOne in a case involving three patents relating to Internet-based automotive financing. We obtained summary judgment of invalidity and non-infringement of all three asserted patents.
- Worlds.com v. NCsoft Corp. (N.D. Cal.) – Defended NCsoft in a patent infringement litigation involving network communications for client-server on-line gaming products.
- Transmeta Corp. v. Intel Corp. (D. Del.) – Represented Transmeta in a patent infringement lawsuit involving microprocessor technology. The case settled favorably for $250 million, which was one of the top patent damage settlements in 2007.
- K.W. Muth Co., Inc. v. Gentex Corp. (E.D. Wisc. Bankr.) – Represented Gentex Corp. in a patent infringement lawsuit involving rearview signal mirrors. Following a two week bench trial, we obtained judgments of non-infringement, invalidity and inequitable conduct.
- Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary v. QLT, Inc. (D. Mass.) – Represented MEEI in a case in which we obtained a jury verdict of unjust enrichment and unfair business practices, resulting in damages award of a 3.01% royalty on more than $2 billion sales and attorney's fees for MEEI.
- Praxair, Inc. v. Advanced Technology Materials, Inc. (D. Del.) – Represented Praxair in a case involving pressurized gas cylinders and obtained a jury verdict that the asserted patents were valid and infringed.
Honors & Awards
- New York Super Lawyers – Rising Stars (2011)
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Education
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JD, cum laude, Fordham University Law School, 2002; Order of the Coif; Editor, Fordham Law Review
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BS (Mechanical Engineering), Lehigh University, 1996
Bar Admissions
- New York, 2007
- California, 2003
Courts
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
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