Anthony L. Press

Partner

Los Angeles, (213) 892-5597

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Education

Yale University (B.A., 1981)
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University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law (J.D., 1986)

Practices

Intellectual Property Litigation

Patent Litigation

Bar Admissions

California

Anthony Press is a partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property Group. Mr. Press has more than 25 years of trial, appellate, and alternative dispute-resolution experience, including patent, trademark, copyright, business litigation, and adversarial licensing negotiations. He is especially well known to companies based in Israel and Japan, having litigated on their behalf in the U.S., often in many high-stakes litigation matters.

His patent litigation experience includes matters involving laser and light-based skin treatment devices, programmable logic devices, digital televisions, voice recognition, digital ultrasound pens, software activation, implantable cardioverter defibrillators, microwave power combiners, magnetic disk drives, aortic replacement valves, and semiconductors.

Mr. Press has represented technology companies, manufacturers, professional service providers, financial institutions, governmental entities, and real estate lenders in complex litigation before state and federal district and appellate courts, in federal bankruptcy court and before federal agencies, and in arbitration and mediation proceedings.

Mr. Press has served in a number of leadership positions within the firm, including as chair of the firm's Los Angeles office Litigation Department (2004–2007), Managing Partner of the firm's Century City office (2000–2003), and Chair of the firm’s pro bono committee (1998–2003).

Mr. Press is recommended as a leading lawyer in intellectual property litigation by Super Lawyers 2007–2013 and Legal 500 US 2011–2012.

Mr. Press earned his B.A. from Yale University, and his J.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law. While earning his J.D., Mr. Press served as chief managing editor for the UCLA Law Review.

Konami / Upper Deck litigation

(C.D. Cal. 2010.) Counsel for plaintiff Konami Digital Entertainment in high-profile litigation against its former distributor, The Upper Deck Company, accused of counterfeiting Konami’s product. Won summary judgment of a finding of liability for trademark counterfeiting. Case settled during trial after defendant stipulated that its counterfeiting was done willfully and to issuance of a permanent injunction.

Palomar Medical v. Candela Corporation

(District of Massachusetts) Won summary judgment for Candela Corporation on 11 of 12 claims asserted by Palomar in this patent infringement suit involving laser hair removal devices. The summary judgment ruling knocked out over half of the damages at issue and led to a favorable settlement of this case and another patent case brought by Palomar against Syneron Inc. involving the same patents.

Kling v. Hallmark Cards, Inc.

(Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals). Won appeal of copyright infringement case brought by widow of Woody Kling relating to the Robotman and Rainbow Bright animated television shows.

EPOS Technologies, Ltd. v. Pegasus Technologies, Ltd.

(District of Columbia). Obtained summary judgment in favor of EPOS on all six patents-in-suit in declaratory relief action relating to ultrasound digital pen technology.

Thermage, Inc. v. Syneron Medical, Ltd.

(Northern District of California). Obtained a favorable settlement after having defeated a preliminary injunction motion in patent action seeking to prevent Syneron from selling radio-frequency-based wrinkle reduction devices in the U.S. and brought patent counterclaims on behalf of Syneron.

Lumenis v. Syneron

(Central District of California) Obtained a favorable settlement representing Syneron in patent litigation involving the company\'s proprietary ELOS technology used in non-invasive medical aesthetic devices.

Angeion Corporation v. Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.

(District of Minnesota). Prevailed on summary judgment on behalf of Angeion Corporation in patent infringement case involving implantable defibrillator technology. Subsequently obtained $35-million settlement.

Altera Corporation v. Xilinx, Inc.; Xilinx Inc. v. Altera Corporation

(Northern District of California and International Trade Commission, 337-TA-441). Successfully defended Altera Corporation in patent infringement litigation with Xilinx, Inc., its major competitor in the programmable logic device industry. In this federal action, the United States Court for the Northern District of California granted Judgment as a Matter of Law to Altera following a six-week jury trial. The firm then represented Altera in a trial at the International Trade Commission on a patent infringement complaint brought by Xilinx. The district court granted Judgment to Altera, and a favorable settlement was reached before a post-trial decision was rendered by the Judge in the ITC action.