E. Dale Buxton, II

Of Counsel

San Diego, (858) 720-7913

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Education

Vanderbilt University (B.S., 1995)
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Vanderbilt University (M.S., 1997)
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Northwestern University (M.B.A., 2002)
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Northwestern University School of Law (J.D., 2002)

Practices

Patent Reexaminations

Intellectual Property Litigation

Interferences

Bar Admissions

California

Mr. Buxton's practice focuses on patent litigation. His experience spans a wide range of technology, encompassing software development, medical instrumentation, image and signal processing, wireless communications, and satellite broadcasting.

Mr. Buxton earned a Bachelor of Engineering degree in a double major of Electrical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering from Vanderbilt University in 1995, and a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering in 1997. He earned his Masters of Business Administration from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management and Juris Doctorate from Northwestern University Law School in 2002.

While at Vanderbilt, his biomedical engineering research was in the field of biological signal analysis, and specifically the transmission and reception of electrical signals through surface electrodes to determine biological characteristics such as impedance, water volume, and tissue vitality. This work was later used by NASA engineers to monitor fluid shifts in astronauts. Prior to starting with Morrison & Foerster, he founded a software development company, which grew to service clients internationally in a wide range of applications under the ten years of his direction. Mr. Buxton is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and is fluent in nearly all major software programming languages.

McKesson Information Solutions v. Bridge Medical, Inc.

Mr. Buxton was the key technology member of the team analyzing the Bridge software systems compared to the asserted McKesson patents. Mr. Buxton’s analysis also included becoming intimately familiar with the origins and operations of handheld and tablet hardware and software, including wireless operations in an 802.11 network.

QLogic Corp. v. Emulex Corp.

Mr. Buxton worked with the Emulex engineers to analyze storage area networks (SANs) and fibre channel switches allegedly infringing. This analysis involved analyzing circuit diagrams and the electrical properties of individual transistors and diodes.

Acacia Media Technologies v. EchoStar Communications Corp.

Mr. Buxton is a member of a joint defense team defending cable and satellite broadcasters in a patent infringement case filed in the District Court of California with respect to the compression and transmission of video to receiver units.

Broadcast Innovation v. EchoStar Communications Corp.

Mr. Buxton was a member of the team defending EchoStar in a patent infringement case filed in the District Court for Colorado with respect to data broadcasting and conditional access patents. The Court declared the conditional access patent invalid after ruling in EchoStar's favor that the asserted claims were indefinite under 35 U.S.C. Section 112.