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Russell W. Faegenburg is a partner in the firm. His practice encompasses all aspects of intellectual property litigation and counseling, with particular emphasis on patent litigation. Mr. Faegenburg has significant experience in pharmaceutical cases brought under the Hatch-Waxman Act, medical device litigation, licensing disputes and representation of electronics, communications and consumer product companies at all stages of trial and appeal. He also has a proven record of success litigating post-grant proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, including representation of both patentees and patent challengers in Inter Partes Review proceedings.
Representing computer hardware supplier in action alleging that client’s 802.11-compliant routers and wireless access points infringed two patents. Following transfer of case and cancellation of all asserted claims of first patent in reexamination, secured judgment of noninfringement of all asserted claims of second patent in federal district court. Judgment was affirmed by the Federal Circuit.
Representing electronics company in action alleging that client’s dual-connector portable memory cards infringed two patents owned by competitor. Secured final decisions from PTAB invalidating all claims of both patents in IPR on grounds of anticipation and obviousness. Case is currently on appeal to the Federal Circuit.
Representing medical device manufacturer against breach of contract and related claims in arbitration concerning craniomaxillofacial reconstruction devices. Secured favorable settlement following deposition of claimant.
Representing generic drug company in IPR challenge to patents directed to propofol formulations. Favorable settlement of associated litigation shortly after submission of petition for IPR.
Defending chemical company in IPR challenging client’s patents directed to battery separators. Following submission of patent owner’s preliminary response, secured decisions from PTAB refusing to institute IPR entirely as to one patent and instituting IPR on only limited grounds as to second patent. Case settled favorably shortly thereafter.
Representing nutraceuticals supplier in action asserting three patents and defending client in related IPR proceedings. Favorable settlement following filing of patent owner’s preliminary response in IPR.
Representing electronics company in action alleging that client’s DVD and Blu-ray disc players infringed two patents. Following successful motion to transfer and successful motion to strike hundreds of accused products from plaintiff’s case in new forum, case settled favorably.
Representing medical device manufacturer against claims of trade secret misappropriation related to breast-implant technology. Secured complete dismissal of complaint.
Representing software company in arbitration of a licensing dispute. Obtained a favorable settlement requiring client to pay only a fraction of the licensor's demand.
Representing generic drug manufacturer in patent infringement litigation brought by brand-name drug company. Defeated motion for temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction, allowing company to sell generic alternative.
Representing furniture design company in arbitration of a claim for unpaid royalties. Obtained a favorable monetary settlement on behalf of the client following a ruling in the client's favor on a critical issue.
Representing pharmaceutical company in Lanham Act litigation involving client's advertising related to drug product. Secured favorable business resolution for client.
Representing trademark holder in multiple suits against unauthorized users of registered trademark in restaurant industry. Obtained favorable settlements of all suits.
In addition to his litigation practice, Mr. Faegenburg renders opinions regarding patent infringement and validity, counsels clients regarding indemnification and licensing, conducts trademark clearance studies, prosecutes trademark applications, handles opposition and cancellation proceedings and provides general IP counseling to clients ranging from early-stage enterprises to large multinational corporations.
On December 27, 2016 and January 3, 2017, Lerner David obtained decisions from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) finding unpatentable all challenged claims of U.S. Patent Nos. 6,908,038 and 6,890,188. Imation filed a lawsuit in 2014 against Sony Electronics Inc. for patent infringement of the ‘038 and ‘188 patents in the District of Minnesota (Imation Corp. v. Sony Electronics Inc., C.A. No. 14 628 (D. Minn.) (MJD/SER)). The patents were alleged to cover flash drives having multiple connectors. Imation particularly alleged that Sony’s MicroVault Smartphone USB Flash Drive infringed claims of both patents. Lerner David filed two petitions on behalf of Sony Corporation seeking Inter Partes Review of various claims of the ‘038 and ‘188 patents, and obtained a stay of the district court proceedings. The PTAB’s final written decisions found that Sony proved that all challenged claims of the ‘038 patent were invalid as anticipated by a prior art patent, and that all challenged claims of the ‘188 patent were invalid as both anticipated and obvious over the prior art. The decision for the ‘188 patent followed an unsuccessful attempt by another petitioner to challenge Imation’s patent claims based on the same prior art. Based on the more complete record developed by Lerner David in the present IPRs, however, the PTAB determined that Sony met its burden of proving that all challenged claims were invalid. The PTAB cases are Sony Corp. v. Imation Corp., Case No. IPR2015-1556, Paper No. 19 (Dec. 27, 2016) and Sony Corp. v. Imation Corp., Case No. IPR2015-1557, Paper No. 17 (Jan. 3, 2017).
On December 28, 2016, Lerner David obtained an affirmance from the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit of a final judgment of non-infringement of U.S. Patent No. 4,977,577 on behalf of its client Buffalo Americas, Inc. Buffalo was sued by Northpeak Wireless, LLC in October 2008 for infringement of the ‘577 Patent and related U.S. Patent No. 5,987,058. Northpeak contended that Buffalo’s 802.11(b)-compliant “Wi-Fi” products infringed Northpeak’s patents directed to spread-spectrum wireless communication devices. After successfully transferring the case from Alabama to the Northern District of California, Buffalo and the other defendants then instituted ex parte reexamination against both patents, and stayed the litigation pending reexamination, during which the challenged claims of the ‘058 Patent were invalidated. The claims of the ‘577 Patent survived reexamination, but were significantly narrowed in light of a prior art reference that Lerner David attorneys originally identified and advanced as a basis for invalidity. This facilitated a favorable claim construction ruling, which was the basis for the district court’s judgment of non-infringement. The Federal Circuit affirmed the district court’s construction of a dispositive claim term in light of, inter alia, the arguments Northpeak had made during reexamination to avoid the prior art. The case is Northpeak Wireless, LLC v. 3Com Corp. et al., Appeal Nos. 2016-1477, 2016-1481 (Fed. Cir.).
On December 25, 2015 and January 4, 2016, Lerner David received decisions from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board instituting Inter Partes Review on behalf of Sony Corporation against two Imation patents. The patents, U.S. Patent Nos. 6,908,038 and 6,890,188, are directed to multi-connector portable memory cards. The Board found that Sony had made a showing that all challenged claims of the patents were either anticipated or obvious in light of the prior art. The Board’s institution of IPRs follows Lerner David success in obtaining a stay of related district court proceedings involving the same patents. Imation sued Sony in the District of Minnesota in 2014, alleging that Sony’s MicroVault Smartphone USB Flash Drive infringed both the ‘038 and ‘188 Patents. Following initial contentions, early discovery and the filing of the two IPR petitions, the case was stayed, allowing invalidity issues at the heart of the case to be litigated in the PTAB, with its favorable burden of proof and claim construction standards. The PTAB cases are Sony Corp. v. Imation Corp., Case No. IPR2015-1556, Paper No. 8 (Dec. 29, 2015) and Sony Corp. v. Imation Corp., Case No. IPR2015-1557, Paper No. 7 (Jan. 4, 2016).
On December 16, 2015, Lerner David obtained a final judgment of non-infringement of U.S. Patent No. 4,977,577 on behalf of its client Buffalo Americas, Inc. The decision concluded litigation in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California and the Patent Office. Northpeak Wireless originally sued Buffalo for infringement of the ‘577 Patent and related U.S. Patent No. 5,987,058 in October 2008, contending that Buffalo’s 802.11(b)-compliant “Wi-Fi” products infringed Northpeak’s patents directed to spread-spectrum wireless communication devices. Buffalo and other defendants successfully transferred the case from Alabama to the Northern District of California. The defendants then instituted ex parte reexamination against both patents, and stayed the litigation pending reexamination, during which the challenged claims of the ‘058 Patent were invalidated. The claims of the ‘577 Patent survived reexamination, but were significantly narrowed. This facilitated a favorable claim construction ruling, which was the basis of the judgment of non-infringement. The case is Northpeak Wireless, LLC v. 3Com Corp. et al., C.A. No. 09-602-SI (N.D. Cal.). Northpeak has filed an appeal in the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
In 2008, four Sony entities were sued by Orinda Intellectual Properties USA Holding Group, Inc. (“Orinda”) in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (“EDTX”) alleging that various PlayStation products and VAIO laptops capable of playing Blu ray disks infringed claims of Orinda’s U.S. Patent No. 5,438,560. Sony initially succeeded on a motion to transfer the lawsuit from the EDTX to the Northern District of California (“NDCA”). Sony then filed a request for reexamination of all claims of the ‘560 Patent, and an Examiner at The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) rejected all claims as invalid. The NDCA granted a motion filed by Sony to stay the lawsuit pending reexamination of Orinda’s patent. The PTO Examiner maintained that the only remaining claim was invalid. Orinda appealed the PTO’s invalidity determination to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”). In 2013, the PTAB affirmed the Patent Examiner’s invalidity determination. Orinda then appealed the PTAB’s decision to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which then affirmed the PTAB’s invalidity determination. The NDCA dismissed Orinda’s lawsuit with prejudice on August 13, 2015.
On January 27, 2014, Lerner David won a complete victory for our client, LG Chem, in an Inter Partes Review filed by Ube Maxell Co., Ltd. against LG Chem's U.S. Patent No. 7,709,152. Ube Maxell challenged the '152 Patent as anticipated and obvious on more than six different grounds. The Patent Trial and Appeal Board relied on Lerner David's arguments in a Preliminary Response as to why Ube Maxell's prior art references were deficient to show unpatentability of LG Chem's ‘152 Patent. Accordingly, the PTAB denied Ube Maxell's petition as to all challenged claims and ordered that no IPR trial be instituted.
On November 9, 2012, the United States Patent and Trademark Office granted Bell'O International Corp.'s request for inter partes reexamination of U.S. Patent Nos. 8,079,311 ("the '311 Patent") and 8,191,485 ("the '485 Patent"), and also issued office actions rejecting all claims of the '311 and '485 patents at issue in the reexamination proceedings. The '311 and '485 Patents are the subjects of a patent suit filed by Whalen Furniture Mfg., Inc. against Bell'O International Corp. on December 21, 2011 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, civil action no. 3:11-cv-02988-H-DHB. The '311 and '485 Patents are related to television stands for flat panel televisions. In particular, Whalen has alleged that its '311 and '485 patents cover television console kits that permit flat panel televisions to be mounted in any one of three configurations (on the console, on a pole secured to the back of the console, and on a wall above the console). Marc Sculler, CEO, of Bell'O International, commented that "we are very pleased that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has adopted our arguments and has rejected all of Whalen's asserted '311 and '485 patent claims in the reexamination proceedings. Bell'O has not infringed any of Whalen's alleged patent rights and will continue to vigorously defend against Whalen's allegations of patent infringement. Bell'O will continue to pursue invalidity of the '311 and '485 patents via the PTO reexamination proceedings and in the lawsuit." Copies of the PTO's Orders granting Bell'O's reexamination requests and corresponding Office Actions can be accessed through the link below. Office Action '311 Patent Order Granting Reexam Request '311 Patent Official Action '485 Patent Order Granting Reexam Request '485 Patent.
On November 15, 2012, Judge Cavanaugh of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey issued a decision and order granting in-part a motion filed by Sony and codefendants to strike infringement contentions served by plaintiff, VoxPath RS, LLC, in civil action no. 2:12 cv 00952-DMC-JAD. Pursuant to the order, VoxPath's infringement allegations against hundreds of accused products were stricken, and Voxpath will not have the opportunity to amend its infringement contentions. The lawsuit involves VoxPath's allegations that optical disc players infringe claims of U.S. Patent Nos. 5,450,378 and 6,304,530. In granting Sony's motion, the Court confirmed that the local patent rules "require a chart mapping out where each infringing product (identified by model number) contains each element of the claim it infringes." VoxPath was thus required to provide as specific an identification as possible of the accused products, which allegedly infringe VoxPath's patents. The Court recognized that VoxPath accused hundreds of models of optical disc players (DVD players, Blu-ray player, and Sony's Playstation3 console), but only provided infringement contention charts for a small portion of the accused products. The Court agreed with Sony that this approach was unacceptable. In some cases, it was found that VoxPath did not include charts for entire product classes, including all DVD players, most Blu-ray players, and various PlayStation3 consoles. The Court specifically held that: Not only does VoxPath concede that hundreds of infringement charts for accused products are lacking, but it fails to make any argument to support the similarities between the charted products and the other accused products for which a chart has not been submitted. VoxPath is not permitted to take a broad stroke approach by alleging infringement against hundreds of products without providing specific evidence of elements that allegedly infringe. The Court agreed that VoxPath was on notice of the rules, had sufficient time to comply, and had enough information to file proper infringement contentions and charts. Thus, the Court granted Sony's motion filed on behalf of all defendants to strike the claims regarding the uncharted products without leave to amend. Copies of the Court's opinion can be accessed through the link below. Opinion Granting In-Part Sony's Motion to Strike Infringement Contentions Order Correcting Opinion to Strike Infringement Contentions.
Sony Corporation and several of its subsidiaries were sued in the Eastern District of Texas, with the complaint alleging that Sony’s Blu-ray players, DVD players and PlayStation3 consoles infringed claims of two patents owned by a non-practicing entity, VoxPath RS, LLC. Numerous other consumer electronic companies were named as codefendants with Sony in the case. We led Sony and the joint defense group in their motion to transfer the lawsuit from the Eastern District of Texas to the District of New Jersey by providing evidence to establish that the balance of private and public interest factors clearly supported Sony's position. Judge Gilstrap of the Eastern District of Texas issued his Order on January 23, 2012, concluding that the District of New Jersey was clearly more convenient than the Eastern District of Texas in the case, such that Sony's motion to transfer venue was granted. Click here to obtain a copy of the transfer Order.
In September 2009, we helped Sony win a transfer of a patent infringement lawsuit from the Eastern District of Texas to the Northern District of California. The lawsuit alleges that various of Sony's VAIO pc and PlayStation products capable of playing Blu-ray Discs infringed claims of a patent owned by a patent holding company, Orinda Intellectual Properties USA Holding Group, Inc. On August 11, 2010, the District Court for the Northern District of California granted Sony's motion to stay the lawsuit pending reexamination of Orinda's asserted patent. Sony explained in its motion that the asserted patent is believed to be invalid as indicated in the PTO's grant in April 2010 of Sony's reexamination request, which identified various substantial new questions of patentability based on the prior art. The Northern District of California's opinion and order held that Sony proved that a stay of the proceeding was warranted because: (1) the lawsuit was at an early procedural stage; (2) reexamination is likely to simplify or moot the lawsuit; and (3) Orinda was not likely to be unduly prejudiced by the stay. Click here if you would like to obtain a copy of the transfer order.
Four Sony entities were sued in the Eastern District of Texas (EDTX) alleging that various VAIO and PlayStation products capable of playing Blu-ray Discs infringed claims of a patent owned by a patent holding company, Orinda Intellectual Properties USA Holding Group, Inc. On behalf of Sony we obtained a rare win on a motion to transfer the lawsuit from the EDTX to the Northern District of California (NDCA) by submitting evidence establishing that the balance of various private and public factors clearly supported Sony's position. The EDTX court issued its order on September 29, 2009 explaining why Federal Circuit and Fifth Circuit law and the evidence presented by Sony established that the NDCA was clearly a more convenient forum for the patent dispute than the EDTX selected by the plaintiff. Click on the following link if you would like to obtain a copy of the transfer order. About Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik, LLP Since its founding in 1969, Lerner David has been devoted exclusively to intellectual property law. The firm has earned a solid reputation for active and effective client representation in the Patent and Trademark Office, in the courts and at the bargaining table — but our role as “counselors” remains paramount. By providing sound, practical advice, Lerner David’s 55+ attorneys help clients make informed, intelligent choices about the benefits and risks associated with intellectual property.
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