Alexander J. Hadjis

Partner

Washington D.C., (202) 887-1560

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Education

Ohio State University (BSEE, 1990)
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University of Pittsburgh School of Law (J.D., 1993)
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The George Washington University Law School (LL.M., 1996)

Practices

Patent Litigation

Intellectual Property Litigation

Litigation

Bar Admissions

U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
Virginia
District of Columbia

Clerkships

Hon. Wilson Cowen, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit

Alex Hadjis is chair of the firm’s International Trade Commission (ITC) Practice and former co-chair of the firm’s Intellectual Property Group.

Clients faced with high-stakes patent disputes turn to Mr. Hadjis as their lead trial attorney. They rely on his expertise, responsiveness, and his winning track record. They appreciate his talent for explaining complicated technologies in a clear and compelling fashion in court and his ability to quickly master those technologies to position cases for success. Mr. Hadjis is consistently recognized by Chambers USA and other notable third-party ranking organizations as a leading attorney in intellectual property, and he is regularly asked to speak about intellectual property in the U.S. and abroad.

Mr. Hadjis serves as lead counsel in cases before the federal district courts and the ITC. His practice focuses on intellectual property litigation and cases involving the interface between intellectual property and antitrust law, and he has extensive experience litigating cases involving technology standards. The cases Mr. Hadjis has tried and litigated include patent, antitrust, and breach of contract cases that cover the semiconductor, liquid crystal display, telecommunications, optical storage media, software, electronic systems, computer network, fluid dynamics and heat exchange, xerography, chemical, and automotive component fields.

Two examples of Mr. Hadjis’s trial victories include a major defense win against Philips and a plaintiff win for Genesis Microchip. Mr. Hadjis is responsible for successfully employing an antitrust-based patent misuse trial defense against Philips in the Certain Recordable Compact Discs and Rewritable Compact Discs ITC case. His trial defense in that case pertained to patents from a patent pooling arrangement that reportedly garnered over $1 billion in revenues. He is also responsible for obtaining an injunction for Genesis Microchip as a result of a trial victory against the entire LCD controller product line of MStar Semiconductor.

Mr. Hadjis has successfully tried and litigated numerous cases in the semiconductor technology area for companies such as Cypress Semiconductor, Freescale, Genesis Microchip, Huawei, Intel, Spansion, and Thomson.

Mr. Hadjis is consistently recognized by several third-party publications as a leading attorney in intellectual property law, including Chambers USA, Chambers Global, Legal 500, IAM Patent 1000, Super Lawyers, and The Washington Post.

Mr. Hadjis clerked for the Honorable Wilson Cowen of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Certain Sintered Rare Earth Magnets, Methods of Making Same, and Products Containing Same

(International Trade Commission, 337-TA-855). Lead counsel for Hitachi Metals against over thirty respondents in a multi-patent case pertaining to the composition and manufacture of rare earth magnets.

Certain Electronic Imaging Devices

(International Trade Commission, 337-TA-850). Lead counsel for Huawei Technologies in patent infringement case involving mobile imaging technology used in handsets, tablets, and other mobile devices.

MediaTek Inc. v. Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.

(Northern District of California). Lead counsel for Freescale against MediaTek in this multi-patent case involving semiconductor bus arbitration technology and power management technology.

Clearwater Systems Corp. v. Evapco, Inc., et al.

(District of Connecticut). Lead patent counsel for Evapco against Clearwater in this multi-patent case involving non-chemical, electronic water treatment technology. After obtaining a favorable Markman ruling, obtained summary judgment of non-infringement on one asserted patent and summary judgment of invalidity on the other asserted patent.

Fastenetix, LLC v. Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Inc., Medtronic Sofamor Danek USA, Inc., et al.

(District of New Jersey). Lead patent counsel for Fastenetix. Represented Fastenetix against Medtronic in this high-stakes, multi-patent case on pedicle screw spine implant technology, and obtained a favorable Markman order for Fastenetix. The case successfully settled for $125 million for Fastenetix after the Markman order issued and prior to trial.

TimeCertain, LLC v. AuthentiDate Holding Corp. and AuthentiDate, Inc

(Middle District of Florida). Lead counsel for AuthentiDate. Successfully defended AuthentiDate in a multi-patent suit against TimeCertain. Obtained a Markman order dispositive of non-infringement that led to a successful settlement. The case involved software cryptography technology.

Certain Color Television Receivers and Color Display Monitors and Components Thereof

(International Trade Commission, 337-TA-534). Lead trial counsel for Thomson. Successfully prosecuted patent infringement claims through a full trial in a multi-patent suit against BenQ Corporation and AU Optronics Corporation. The case settled favorably for Thomson before a decision issued. The case involved LCD panel processing and circuitry technology.

Certain Display Controllers and Products Containing Same

(International Trade Commission, 337-TA-491). Lead counsel for Genesis Microchip. Successfully prosecuted patent infringement claims against MStar Semiconductor, Inc. and Media Reality Technologies, Inc. through a full trial. Obtained an exclusion order after the administrative law judge’s decision was reviewed and adopted by the full Commission. The case involved semiconductor and LCD panel controller technology.

Certain Recordable Compact Discs and Rewritable Compact Discs

(International Trade Commission, 337-TA-474). Lead counsel for Princo Corporation, Gigastorage Corporation, and Linberg Enterprises. Successfully employed an antitrust-based patent misuse defense to defend Princo, Gigastorage, and Linberg against patent infringement claims of Philips. All six of the patents that Philips asserted were deemed unenforceable, and were part of a billion-dollar patent pool. The ITC declined to issue an exclusion order against Princo, Gigastorage, and Linberg after the administrative law judge’s decision was reviewed and adopted by the full Commission. The case involved optical storage medium and CD-R and CD-RW technology.

Certain Integrated Repeaters, Switches, Transceivers and Products Containing Same

(International Trade Commission, 337-TA-435). Successfully prosecuted patent infringement claims for Intel against Altima Communications through a full trial. Lead lawyer for Intel on the patent that covered most of the Altima products at issue. Obtained an exclusion order covering each of the products at issue. The case involved semiconductor technology and the patent for which Mr. Hadjis was responsible involved semiconductor packaging technology.