Professional experience
Andrew R. Kopsidas is a Principal in the Washington, D.C. office of Fish & Richardson P.C. His practice focuses on patent litigation, intellectual property litigation, counseling, and licensing. He has litigated cases in numerous federal district courts, the U.S. International Trade Commission, and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.

Mr. Kopsidas has litigated cases involving microprocessors, telecommunications, digital signal processing, mobile phones, internet applications, GPS devices, Ethernet network equipment, software applications, and various mechanical and chemical inventions. Before law school, Mr. Kopsidas worked on several Space Shuttle missions as a Flight Controller and Systems Engineer at NASA. He also worked as an Aerospace Design Engineer for the Naval Research Laboratory in the area of electronic countermeasures.

Litigation Examples

Representative District Court Cases
Nacre AS v. Silynx Communications, Inc. (D.Md. 2007) - Representing Nacre in patent infringement action enforcing multiple patents related to in-ear communications devices; case pending.

Multimedia Patent Trust v. Microsoft Corp., (S.D.Cal. 2006) - Defended Microsoft in 11-patent infringement action regarding variety of computer and internet-related technologies against Lucent and Alcatel-Lucent; won jury verdict of no infringement.

Orion IP, LLC v. Black & Decker (E.D.Tex. 2006) - Represented Black & Decker in patent infringement action regarding internet technology; settled favorably.

Garmin Corp. v. TomTom, Inc. (W.D.Wis. 2006) - Represented TomTom in patent infringement action regarding GPS navigation devices; won summary judgment of no infringement and invalidity against five Garmin patents.

All Computers, Inc. v. Intel Corp. (E.D.Va. 2004) - Defended Intel in patent infringement action regarding microprocessor design; won summary judgment of no infringement; affirmed on appeal.

The Bright Ideas Company, Inc. v. Target Corp. (D.Md. 2004) - Represented Target in patent infringement action; won summary judgment of invalidity; affirmed on appeal.

Honeywell Int’l Inc. v. Nokia Corp., et al. (D.Del. 2004) - Representing Nokia in large-scale, multi-defendant litigation involving liquid crystal display technology; case pending.

Buffets, Inc. v. Sargam LLC (D.Md. 2004) - Represented Buffets, Inc. in trademark infringement action; obtained permanent injunction and attorneys fees.

American Video Graphics LLC. v. Intel Corp., et al. (E.D.Tex. 2004) - Represented Intel in case involving computer graphics technology; settled favorably.

Reber v. Nokia USA et al. (N.D.Ill. 2003) - Defended Nokia in patent infringement action relating to mobile camera phone technology; settled favorably.

Intergraph Corp. v. Texas Instruments, Inc. (E.D.Tex. 2003) - Defended Texas Instruments against patent infringement claims regarding parallel processing microprocessor architectures; settled favorably.

Intergraph Corp. v. Intel Corp. (E.D.Tex. 2001) - Defended Intel against patent infringement claims regarding parallel processing microprocessor architectures; case won on appeal following adverse decision in trial court.

Level One, Inc.. v. Altima Communications (E.D.Cal. 1999) - Represented Level One in patent infringement action against Altima Communications involving integrated repeaters; settled favorably following trial win in parallel ITC matter.

Shaw v. Broadcast.com, Inc., et al. (N.D.Tex. 1998) - Representing Yahoo! in patent infringement action involving technology for internet streaming of audio and video content; won summary judgment of no infringement, appeal pending.

Representative 337 Proceedings Before the International Trade Commission
Certain Semiconductor Chips Having Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory Controllers, 337-TA-661 (2008) - Representing NVIDIA and customers against nine Rambus SDRAM controller patents; case pending.

Certain Noise Cancelling Headphones, 337-TA-626 (2007) - Represented complainant Bose enforcing active noise-cancelling headphone patents against seven respondents; settled favorably just prior to trial.

Certain Foam Footwear, 337-TA-567 (2006) - Defended respondent footwear manufacturer in patent-based unfair importation action brought by Crocs, Inc.; won dismissal.

Certain Signature Capture Transaction Devices, 337-TA-504 (2004) - Represented Ingenico S.A. in patent-based unfair importation action brought by NCR Corporation; settled favorably.

Certain Recordable Compact Discs and Rewritable Compact Discs, 337-TA-474 (2002) - Successfully defended multiple respondents against U.S. Philips Corp.; following full evidentiary hearing, six asserted Philips patents held unenforceable for patent misuse.

Certain CMOS Active Pixel Image Sensors, 337-TA-451 (2001) - Represented Photobit Corporation and the California Institute of Technology against OmniVision Technologies in patent-based unfair importation claims for camera-on-a-chip technology; settled favorably.

Certain Abrasive Products Made Using A Process For Making Powder Preforms, 337-TA-449 (2001) - Represented 3M in patent-based unfair importation claims for methods of manufacturing high-precision abrasives; won exclusion and cease and desist orders following full evidentiary hearing.

Certain Integrated Repeaters, Switches, Transceivers and Products Containing Same, 337-TA-430/435 (1999) - Represented Intel in patent-based unfair importation claims for semiconductor packaging and Ethernet repeaters against Broadcom subsidiary, Altima Communications; won exclusion and cease and desist orders following full evidentiary hearing.

Representative Appellate Cases
The Bright Ideas Company, Inc. v. Target Corp. (Fed. Cir. 2006) - Represented Target; won affirmance.

All Computers, Inc. v. Intel Corp. (Fed. Cir. 2006) – Represented Intel; won affirmance.

Shaw v. Broadcast.com, Inc., et al. (Fed. Cir. 2005) - Represented Yahoo!; won dismissal of appeal.

Intergraph Corp. v. Intel Corp. (Fed. Cir. 2003) - Represented Intel; won vacatur and remand of adverse trial court decision.

Additional Information
Frequent lecturer on patent litigation and ITC practice.

Bar admissions & Professional Activities
Admitted to the bar in the District of Columbia, Maryland, numerous federal district courts, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Member: American Bar Association(Section on Intellectual Property Law), American Intellectual Property Law Association, ITC Trial Lawyers Association

Registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.