Overview

An experienced intellectual property trial lawyer, Jason Zucchi asserts and defends IP claims for clients ranging from startups to Fortune 100 companies.

Jason has successfully litigated IP cases in courts throughout the United States and has significant post-grant experience before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, including in coordinating co-pending District Court litigation and post-grant proceedings. He approaches litigation by creating the optimal case strategy focused on the issues that will have the greatest impact on the outcome of the case. Using this approach, often he can generate positive outcomes for his clients short of trial.

Among Jason’s successes was his win for Halo Electronics, a small family business, in a long-running patent infringement case. There, the court held the infringer, Pulse, liable for willful infringement on three Halo patents, confirmed the patents’ validity, awarded damages, and then later awarded Halo a permanent injunction against Pulse. Based on that case, the U.S. Supreme Court ultimately set a new standard for enhanced damages.  

Clients also often turn to Jason for advice on IP licensing, patenting strategies that meet their business objectives, and various other IP matters. He regularly counsels emerging businesses, crafting strategies to help them commercialize and protect their innovations. His practice spans a wide range of technologies, including electronics, telecommunications, medical devices, and life sciences.

Jason is a founding member of Fish & Richardson's hybrid and contingent fee litigation group and has extensive experience handling those types of matters. Notably, since 2005, the contingent fee litigation group has recovered over $300 million on behalf of hybrid and contingent fee clients.

Experience

District Court cases (representing plaintiffs)

Wasica Finance GmbH, et al. v. Schrader International Inc., et al. (D. Del.) – Represented Wasica and BlueArc against Schrader in a long-running patent case involving tire pressure monitoring systems. A jury found Schrader liable for induced and contributory infringement and awarded $31.2 million in damages. Read more about the case here. Subsequently obtained an additional $12 million in prejudgment interest for plaintiffs. Read more here.

Netcraft Corp. v. AT&T Mobility et al. (D. Del.) – Represented Netcraft in a patent case involving third-party payment systems. Successfully settled the case with all defendants after obtaining favorable claim construction and pre-trial rulings. The resulting licenses totaled nearly $40 million.

Halo Electronics Inc. v. Pulse Electronics Inc., et al. (D. Nev.) – Represented Halo Electronics, a small family business, in a long-running patent case involving packages for surface-mount transformers. A jury found Pulse liable for willful infringement on three Halo patents, confirmed the patents’ validity, and awarded damages. The court later awarded Halo a permanent injunction against Pulse. The Supreme Court ultimately set a new standard for enhanced damages based on the Halo case, reported at 136 S. Ct. 1923 (2016).

Vehicle IP LLC v. AT&T Mobility LLC, et al. (D. Del.) – Represented Vehicle IP in a patent case involving computer dispatching systems. Successfully settled the case with several defendants after obtaining favorable pre-trial rulings. The resulting licenses totaled nearly $9 million.

Wasica Finance GmbH, et al. v. Continental Automotive Systems U.S. Inc. (D. Del.) – Represented Wasica and BlueArc against Continental in a patent case involving tire pressure monitoring systems. Successfully settled the case after obtaining a favorable PTAB ruling.

Osteoplastics v. 3D Systems and Medical Modeling (D. Colo.) – Represented Osteoplastics in a patent case involving methods of designing custom implants and other medical devices. Successfully settled the case with all defendants after obtaining favorable rulings.

Harvest Technologies Corp. v. Thermogenesis Corp. and Ceiling Technologies LLC (D. Del.) – Represented Harvest Technologies in a case involving point-of-care cell separation technology. Successfully settled the case after winning key claim construction rulings.

Mayo Foundation for Medical Education & Research v. Nanobac Pharmaceuticals Inc. (D. Minn.) – Represented Mayo in a breach of contract case against Nanobac. Successfully obtained a judgment in favor of Mayo.

District Court cases (representing defendants)

Bel Fuse Inc. v. Halo Electronics Inc. (D.N.J.) – Represented Halo Electronics in a patent case involving Ethernet connectors. After an invalidity trial that resulted in a hung jury, Halo obtained a favorable cross-license for its patents in a co-pending case.

Polaris Industries Inc. v. Arctic Cat Inc., et al. (D. Minn.) – Represented Arctic Cat in series of patent infringement cases related to off-road vehicles. Successfully settled the case after winning several key rulings.

Mass Engineered Design Inc. v. Milestone AV Technologies LLC, et al. (E.D. Tex.) – Represented Milestone in a multi-patent infringement case related to multi-display systems. Successfully settled the case after six months of litigation.

Symbology Innovations LLC v. Milestone AV Technologies LLC (D. Del.) – Represented Milestone in a multi-patent infringement case related to Quick Response Codes in product packaging. Successfully settled the case after only two months of litigation.

L.C. Eldridge Sales Co., Ltd., et al. v. Twin City Fan Companies, Ltd., et al. (E.D. Tex.) – Represented Twin City Fan in a patent infringement case related to blowers for the offshore drilling rig industry. Successfully vacated injunction after obtaining a favorable PTAB ruling.

Post-grant proceedings

Fisher & Paykel Healthare Ltd. v. ResMed Ltd. (PTAB) – Represented ResMed in several inter partes reviews involving patents covering continuous positive airway pressure masks and devices. Successfully settled the IPRs after obtaining several favorable PTAB and other rulings.

Continental Automotive Systems U.S. Inc. v. Wasica Finance GmbH, et al. (PTAB) – Represented Wasica and BlueArc in several IPRs filed by Continental during a co-pending District Court litigation. Successfully settled the District Court litigation after obtaining favorable a PTAB ruling.

Schrader International Inc., et al. v. Wasica Finance GmbH, et al. (PTAB) – Represented Wasica and BlueArc in a several IPRs filed by Schrader during a co-pending District Court litigation. Obtained a favorable PTAB ruling and, once the District Court litigation resumed, a jury found Schrader liable for induced and contributory infringement and awarded $31.2 million in damages.

Professional associations

  • Intellectual Property and Communications Committees of the Federal Bar Association, Minnesota Chapter
  • Alumni & Student Relations Committee for the University of Minnesota Law School
  • Member of the American Bar Association
  • Member of the Minnesota High Tech Association
  • Member of the Association for Corporate Growth, Minnesota Chapter