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Thad C. Kodish

Principal

Atlanta

404-724-2792

Thad C. Kodish is Managing Principal of Fish & Richardson's Atlanta office. His practice emphasizes patent litigation and intellectual property litigation, including patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret law. He appears regularly before Georgia, Texas, and California courts and throughout the country, where he has lead numerous litigation teams through patent and trademark disputes from pre-suit due diligence to final and favorable resolution. Mr. Kodish also advises clients on whether to license or purchase patents and patent portfolios, and is skilled and experienced in negotiating such licenses and acquisitions.

Mr. Kodish has handled patent cases, and performed due diligence assessments, in matters involving microprocessors, Ethernet and wireless network communications, operating system software, product activation software, telecommunications systems, computer storage devices, point-of-sale software and hardware, computer-aided design, textile and laminate flooring technologies. Mr. Kodish also has extensive experience in trademark and false patent marking matters, including leading one of the first large competitor false marking cases of the modern era to the eve of trial.

Mr. Kodish has been named a Super Lawyers "Rising Star" for 2007-2012 (as published in Atlanta magazine) in the field of intellectual property litigation. He has also been named as an Up and Coming Lawyer for intellectual property by Chambers USA. Prior to joining Fish & Richardson, he was a chemical engineer at Pratt & Whitney Aircraft responsible for chemical plating technologies for engine parts, particularly cubic-boron nitride applications.

Admissions

Georgia 2000
United States Patent and Trademark Office 2003

Memberships and Affiliations

Member, State Bar of Georgia
President-Elect, Emory Law Alumni Board
Member, Atlanta IP Inn of Court
IP Section of the Georgia Bar
Office Pro Bono Principal (2008-2011)

Education

BS, University of Michigan 1996
Chemical Engineering
cum laude
JD, Emory University School of Law 2000
Notes and Comments Editor, Emory Law Journal

Experience

Litigation examples

Automated Creel Systems, Inc. v. Shaw Industries Group, Inc. (N.D. Ga. 2012)(Judge Story) - Counsel for Shaw Industries in a patent dispute involving carpet manufacturing technologies.

U.S. Ethernet Innovations, LLC. v. Acer, Inc., et al. (N.D. Cal)(Chief Judge Ware) - Counsel for large semiconductor manufacturer in a patent dispute involving Ethernet adapter technologies.

SIPCO, LLC v. Control4 Corp., et. al. (N.D. Ga. 2012)(Chief Judge Carnes) – Counsel for defendant Digi International, Inc. in dispute involving wireless networking technologies.

Synchrome Technology, Inc. v. Samsung Electronics America, et al. (N.D. Ga. 2009 - 2012) - Counsel for Samsung in patent infringement action concerning disk drive technology.

Lutron Electronics Co. Inc. v. Pass and Seymour Inc., et al. - Representing Pass & Seymour in patent infringement case regarding electrical dimmer switch technology.

Greenlight Technologies LLC v. Anigmo LLC (dba Anigmo), et al. - Represented Pass & Seymour in patent infringement matter concerning electrical dimmer switch circuitry.

Akzenta Profile et al. v. Shaw Industries Group, Inc., et. al. (E.D. Tex. 2010 - 2012) (Judge Ward) - Counsel for defendant Shaw Industries Group, Inc. in dispute involving laminate flooring technologies.

SIPCO, LLC, v. Johnson Controls, Inc., et. al. (E.D. Tex. 2009 - 2011) (Judge Davis) - Counsel for defendant Johnson Controls, Inc. in dispute involving wireless networking technologies.

Mesh Comm LLC v. Landis+Gyr, Inc. and Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC (E.D. Tex. 2009 - 2010) (Judge Ward) - Counsel for defendants Landis+Gyr and Oncor in dispute involving networking technologies.

Shaw Industries Group, Inc. v. Interface, Inc. (N.D. Ga. 2005-2009) - Counsel for Shaw Industries in action for declaratory judgment of non-infringement and invalidity of carpet tile patent.

Shaw Industries Group, Inc. v. Interface, Inc. (N.D. Ga. 2007-2009) - Counsel for Shaw Industries in action for false patent marking.

Toni & Guy, USA v. Nature Lab's (N.D. Tex. 2008-2009) - Counsel for plaintiff Toni & Guy in action for trademark and trade dress infringement.

IP CO, LLC and SIPCO, LLC v. Cellnet Technology, Inc. and Hunt Technologies, et al. (N.D. Ga. 2007-2009) - Counsel for Cellnet and Hunt in contract dispute and patent infringement matter concerning wireless mesh networking technology.

American Valve v. Asia Factory Direct, et al. (D. Nev. 2008) - Obtained temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction in trademark dispute for American Valve.

Fulks v. Chaparral Boats, Inc., et al. (E.D. Tex. 2002-2004) and Fulks v. Crownline Boats (E.D. Tex. 2006-2007) - Counsel for Chaparral and Crownline in patent infringement matters involving structural designs for power boats.

Milliken & Co. v. Shaw Industries Group, Inc., et al. (D.S.C. 2000-2002) - Counsel for Shaw Industries in patent infringement action involving construction of carpet backing.

SuperGuide Corp. v. DIRECTV Enterprises, Inc., EchoStar Technologies, Inc., Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc. v. Gemstar Development Corp. (W.D N.C. 2001) - Counsel for EchoStar in complex patent infringement litigation involving three patents owned by SuperGuide, licensed to Gemstar in certain fields of use, and directed to various aspects of interactive program guides (IPG) software and systems used in Satellite television services.

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