Source: http://www.yettercoleman.com/profiles/chrisjohnson/
Timestamp: 2019-04-20 04:18:13+00:00

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Chris’s practice focuses on patent and intellectual property litigation. He has also represented clients in appellate matters involving intellectual property disputes.
Chris worked as a control systems engineer in Washington for six years before law school. He graduated from Duke Law School in 2006, where he worked on the Duke Law Journal. He got his Master of Science in Chemical Engineering from Washington State University and his Bachelors of Science from the University of Washington.
Chris is admitted to practice in Texas, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the U.S. Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas.
L.C. Eldridge Sales Co, Ltd., et al. v. Azen Manufacturing PTE., LTD., et al. Successfully represented the plaintiffs at trial and on appeal. At trial, we obtained a unanimous jury verdict of patent infringement, willful infringement, no invalidity, and the full amount of lost profits for the plaintiff in a multi-defendant patent infringement suit concerning engine exhaust systems used on offshore oil rigs. Argued appeal defending judgment before the Federal Circuit, winning a full affirmance.
Maxus Strategic Systems, Inc. v. Aqumin LLC and Nirvana Systems, Inc. Represented defendant Nirvana Systems in patent infringement case concerning virtual reality representations of stock market data. After obtaining a favorable Markman ruling, we filed a summary judgment motion that precipitated a favorable settlement.
Confidential Client Assisted client in pre-suit investigation involving offshore drilling equipment failure by conducting detailed fact investigation and assessing its potential liability.
Represented a Fortune 50 energy company sued by a patent holding company that accused it of infringing a patent directed to computer-implemented systems and methods for selling utility services. We obtained a favorable Markman ruling and settled the case favorably.
Certain Integrated Circuits, Chipsets, and Products Containing Same Including Televisions, Media Players, and Cameras Prosecuted patent infringement case on behalf of Freescale Semiconductor in a three patent International Trade Commission investigation involving semiconductor circuits and packaging technologies.
Lucent Technologies, Inc. and Multimedia Patent Trust v. Microsoft Corp. Represented Microsoft in a patent litigation dispute, culminating in a seven-week patent infringement trial. Plaintiff sought more than $400 million in past damages on patent relating to MPEG and VC-1 video compression technology. Tried to jury verdict in April-June 2008. Jury found that Microsoft’s products do not infringe and awarded no damages.
Alcatel USA Resources, Inc. v. Microsoft Represented Microsoft in a patent infringement litigation involving defending against computer networking patents. The matter also involved counterclaims for patent infringement and settled favorably before trial.
British Telecommunications v. Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. Represented Freescale Semiconductor in a patent infringement litigation involving data compression patent that settled favorably.
IP Co., LLC d/b/a Intus IQ v. Comverge, Inc., et al. Successfully represented provider of clean energy products and advanced metering solutions against multiple claims of patent infringement.
Multimedia Patent Trust v. Microsoft Corp. Represented Microsoft against video coding patents asserted by Multimedia Patent Trust (MPT). MPT dismissed one patent after initial invalidity contentions.

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