Thermage, Inc. v. Syneron Medical Ltd. and Syneron, Inc .
We represent Syneron Medical Ltd. and Syneron, Inc. in a medical device patent infringement suit brought by Thermage, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Judge Charles Breyer recently denied Thermage's Motion for a Preliminary Injunction, allowing our clients to continue selling their Polaris wrinkle treatment device in the United States.

GSI Lumonics Corp. v. Electro Scientific Industries, Inc.
We represented Electro Scientific Industries, Inc. ("ESI") in a patent infringement action brought by GSI Lumonics Corp. GSI Lumonics alleged that ESI infringed three patents concerning systems and methods for using lasers to blow links in semiconductor devices. The action was filed in the Central District of California, but was transferred to the Northern District of California. Pursuant to agreements between both parties, the case was dismissed.

Lumenis Ltd., et al. v. Syneron Medical Ltd., et al.
We successfully defended Syneron Medical Ltd., an Israeli developer of dermatological and cosmetic medical devices, and its subsidiaries, Syneron Inc. and Syneron Canada Corp., in a patent infringement action relating to medical devices used for non-invasive treatment of vascular abnormalities and hair removal. The plaintiffs alleged infringement of six patents, seeking a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction in the Central District of California. The District Court granted in part and denied in part Lumenis's motion for a preliminary injunction. Lumenis subsequently appealed the decision to the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, and Syneron then filed a notice of cross-appeal. Thereafter, a settlement was reached pursuant to which Syneron obtained a worldwide non-exclusive license to the patents at issue.

JSR Corporation v. Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd.
Successfully defended Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd. ("TOK") in this patent infringement action involving four JSR photoresist patents. Judgment was entered in favor of TOK following successful summary judgment motions on the applicable damages period, non-infringement, and invalidity.

Bright v. Ashcroft
Represented Dan Bright, who was serving a life sentence for a murder he did not commit, in a FOIA action to obtain an unredacted copy of an FBI document critical to his criminal appeals. After we successfully opposed the government's summary judgment motion, the court granted Bright's FOIA request. (259 F. Supp. 2d 494; 259 F. Supp. 2d 502). According to the unredacted FBI document, an FBI source had stated that Mr. Bright was in jail for a murder commited by someone else, and the source had heard that person bragging about committing the murder.  With the document in hand, Mr. Bright's criminal defense counsel was able to secure his release. 

Yahoo! v. NCR
Represented Yahoo! in a declaratory judgment action against NCR involving 10 NCR patents asserted against Yahoo!. The case settled in its early stages on confidential terms.

Electro Scientific Industries, Inc. v. General Scanning Inc.
Member of the trial team that succcessfully represented ESI in this patent infringement action concerning laser systems for memory repair. The jury awarded ESI in excess of $13.1 in damages. The verdict was upheld on appeal. (247 F.3d 1341).