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Fish has significant experience in providing IP and corporate services for companies involved in the production and manufacture of hardware related to computers and electronics. In fact, through our involvement in the industry and our work for our clients, we keep abreast of new trends and are aware of the key issues, challenges, and opportunities facing the industry.

With approximately 100 attorneys involved in this space, our firm often has immediate familiarity with a client's technology. Our strength and experience allow us to staff each matter with the team of attorneys that suits the client's needs most precisely.

In addition, due to our firm's involvement in the industry, our attorneys do not need to charge clients for time needed to "ramp up" on a particular matter or subject. This keeps costs down for our clients and allows our firm to respond and react very quickly.

Our substantial experience includes:

prosecuting patent applications covering computer hardware at the system, board, and chip levels
architectures that have included small-scale and massively parallel systems
digital circuit work that has addressed logic used in a wide variety of applications
prosecuting patents in communications technologies, including local area and wide area networks and modems
medical imaging techniques, voice recognition devices, and radar and microwave technologies

We are especially active in various types of litigation involving the hardware industry, including at the ITC.

Certain Inkjet Ink Supplies and Components Thereof (337-TA-691)
Representing complainant Hewlett-Packard in a case relating to inkjet cartridges.

Certain Peripheral Devices and Components Thereof and Products Containing the Same (337-TA-654)
Represented complainant Microsoft against Primax Electronics in a patent case relating to peripheral devices, such as keyboards and computer mice, connected to a computer. Case settled before trial.

Certain Liquid Crystal Display Modules, Products Containing Same, and Methods for Using the Same (337-TA-634)
Represented respondent Samsung Electronics against patent infringement claims brought by Sharp accusing Samsung's LCD products.

Graffia v. Hartford Computer Group, Inc.
Fish represented Hartford Computer Group, Inc. in a lawsuit in the Delaware Court of Chancery brought under Section 220 of the DGCL by a stockholder for corporate books and records. Fish obtained a favorable settlement.

Certain Computer Products, Computer Components and Products Containing Same (337-TA-628)
Represented respondent ASUS against IBM in investigation concerning products implementing power supplies, variable speed fans, and Network Address Port Translation. ASUS prevailed on all claims after full hearing on merits. The ALJ’s decision was affirmed by the Commission.

Certain Noise Canceling Headphones (337-TA-626)
Represented complainant Bose enforcing active noise-cancelling headphone patents against seven respondents. Case settled favorably just prior to trial.

U.S. Philips Corp. v. Iwasaki Electric Co. (505 F.3d 1371)
Fish successfully obtained affirmance of district court’s partial summary judgment of no literal infringement in favor of client Iwasaki. The Federal Circuit vacated partial summary judgment of non-infringement under the doctrine of equivalents and remanded the issue to the district court. The technology related to high pressure, mercury-vapor lamps.

OSRAM GmbH v. International Trade Commission (505F.3d 1351)
Fish successfully obtained reversal of ITC improper claim construction and resulting finding of non-infringement on behalf of client OSRAM. The patents at issue involved light-emitting diodes.

Certain Flash Memory Controllers, Drives, Memory Cards, and Media Players and Products Containing Same (337-TA-619)
Represented respondents Kingston Technology Company and Phison Electronics Corp. in a patent case involving flash memory devices. Final determination of no infringement.

Toshiba Corp. v. Juniper Networks, Inc. (248 F. App’x 170)
Fish successfully obtained affirmance of district court’s claim construction, which had resulted in summary judgment of non-infringement favorable to client Juniper Networks. The patents at issue involved a routing scheme for sending data between computers and disparate types of networks.

All Computers Inc. v. Intel Corp.
Fish successfully obtained summary affirmance of district court’s favorable claim construction that resulted in summary judgment of non-infringement in favor of Fish client Intel. The patent at issue involved processors on consumer laptop computers.

Citizens Electronics Co. v. OSRAM GmBH (225 F. App’x 890)
Fish successfully obtained affirmance of the district court’s decision to dismiss the complaint against client OSRAM for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. The technology related to light emitting diodes.

Certain Dynamic Random Access Memory Devices and Products Containing Same (337-TA-595)
Defended Samsung Electronics against patent infringement claims brought by Renesas Technology accusing Samsung’s DRAM products. Case settled after trial.

Certain Peripheral Devices and Components Thereof and Products Containing the Same (337-TA-580)
Represented complainant Microsoft in a case relating to peripheral devices. Case settled favorably.

Certain Inkjet Ink Supplies and Components Thereof (337-TA-581)
Represented complainant Hewlett-Packard in an investigation against Ninestar Technology. Case settled favorably.

Honeywell Inc. v. Universal Avionics, et al.
Fish successfully represented Sandel in securing a jury verdict of non-infringement on all remaining claims asserted by Honeywell stemming from its original complaint filed against Sandel in 2002 asserting infringement of five Honeywell patents. Other of the asserted patent claims were previously held invalid on summary judgment and the invalidity findings were affirmed on appeal. The patents-in-suit related to FAA mandated Terrain Awareness and Warning Systems ("TAWS").

Certain Flash Memory Devices and Components Thereof, and Products Containing Such Devices and Components (337-TA-552)
Defended patent infringement action on behalf of Hynix Semiconductor against Toshiba relating to flash memory products. After a full hearing, no violation was found.

Certain Power Supply Controllers and Products Containing Same (337-TA-541)
Represented complainant Power Integrations against System General relating to power supply controllers.

Certain Network Controllers and Products Containing Same (337-TA-531)
Represented Marvell Semiconductor against Realtek Semiconductor in a patent infringement action relating to gigabit ethernet network controllers. Case settled favorably.

Certain Point of Sale Terminals and Components Thereof (337-TA-524)
Defended patent infringement action on behalf of Ingenico against Verve relating to point-of-sale devices. Obtained termination of investigation before hearing.

Certain Disc Drivers, Components Thereof, and Products Containing Same (337-TA-516)
Represented complainant Seagate Technology against Cornice alleging infringement of seven patents relating to disc drive apparatuses and magnetic recording media. Cornice agreed to cease import of named products after first day of trial.

Certain Light-Emitting Diodes and Products Containing the Same (337-TA-512)
Prosecuted patent infringement action on behalf of German companies Osram and Osram Opto Semiconductors against Malaysian company Dominant Semiconductors relating to light emitting diodes (LEDs). Nine patents found valid and infringed. Successfully obtained infringement finding against all accused products in the complaint. Obtained exclusion order against relevant LEDs.

Certain Display Controllers and Products Containing Same (337-TA-491)
Prosecuted patent infringement action on behalf of Genesis Microchip against Media Reality Technologies and Trumpion Microelectronics relating to display controller technology. Obtained exclusion order against accused products.

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