Successes

Won complete defense victory at trial over patent infringement and indemnity claims involving telecommunications patents asserted against wireless call routing systems
Won summary judgment dismissing multi-million dollar trade dress and design patent claims against Nike over its famous AIR JORDAN basketball shoes, affirmed on appeal by the Federal Circuit.
Won summary judgment on joint authorship claims, and a complete defense verdict at the jury trial on copyright infringement claims, for Disney and ten other entertainment companies sued by the widow of a famous screenwriter.
Won summary judgment for the Roche companies, defeating a $200 million patent infringement suit, by invalidating three HIV-monitoring patents for obviousness and won appeal to the Federal Circuit and denial of rehearing en banc.
Won a jury verdict of several million dollars, a permanent injunction and attorneys' fees against a maker of toy cars who infringed Mattel's HOT WHEELS trade dress.
Won reversal on appeal for Kaiser Permanente, after taking over a case in which Kaiser had been preliminarily enjoined from using its own copyrighted photographs, with the Ninth Circuit finding "abuse of discretion" by the lower court.
Won a broad covenant not to sue for Genentech in multidistrict litigation against a university asserting a reprised patent on recombinant DNA technology, avoiding millions of dollars in potential royalties.
Won a unanimous jury verdict awarding several million dollars in compensatory and punitive damages to Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction, after a three-month jury trial involving fraud, contract and unfair business practice claims.
Won a directed verdict for Mattel at the close of the plaintiff's case, in a trademark infringement trial involving Mattel's Pearl Beach BARBIE doll line, affirmed on appeal by the Ninth Circuit.
Won a stipulated judgment and permanent injunction, with payment of damages, for Red Bull from defendants using the confusingly similar trademark "Arctic Bull" and a bull design on competing energy drink products.
Won Nike the right to make and sell two-stripe athletic apparel and shoes free from suit by Adidas, after Adidas filed a covenant not to sue, conceding all claims over whether Nike's products infringed Adidas' three-stripe trademark.
Won a substantial damages settlement and worldwide permanent injunction for K-Swiss, on the eve of trial in a trademark and trade dress infringement action, against a large retail chain that sold confusingly similar athletic shoes.
Won reversal of a permanent injunction and set-aside of a willfulness verdict in a patent infringement case we took on post-trial for Abbott Laboratories, avoiding millions in damages and preserving Abbott's HCV genotyping product line.
Won a two-month jury trial for CalComp over computer protocol for high-speed color printers, obtaining a directed verdict on the multi-million dollar trade secret and fraud claims, then settling the small contract claim for a partial offset of costs.
Won summary judgment dismissing claims under the Federal Sherman Act and California Cartwright Act that Mattel monopolized the fashion doll market with its BARBIE line.
Won a quick dismissal for Disney, avoiding a class action under the California Unfair Practices Act, over Disney's alleged failure to warn children of the dangers of smoking in G-rated animated films in which characters were shown smoking.
Won cross-border actions in the U.S. and Germany against a German toy company that sought to rescind its assignment of copyrights and patent rights in the Bild Lilli doll, which was used in the creation of Mattel's BARBIE line.
Won a favorable settlement for Borland Software, as a declaratory judgment plaintiff suing for infringement of seven patents on object-oriented software and business methods.
Won substantial compensatory and punitive damages for Osterloh & Durham after a two-month trial over theft of trade secrets, conversion and interference with business relationships.
Won summary judgment for Mattel in federal and state court suits over whether Mattel's TARZAN dolls infringed a studio's copyrights and other rights, affirmed by the Ninth Circuit and California Court of Appeals, respectively.
Won a very favorable settlement for Foster Farms in a suit by Zacky Farms alleging violations of the California Unfair Practices Act, including secret rebates and sales below cost to two supermarket chains.
Won summary judgment invalidating two semiconductor patents for obviousness asserted against Fujitsu, and won appeal to the Federal Circuit.
Won summary judgment dismissing $2 billion copyright infringement suit against Mattel, and an award of $500,000 in sanctions against opposing counsel, affirmed on the merits by the Ninth Circuit.
Won a $50 million reduction in creditor's claim for Bankruptcy Trustee, after revealing creditor's patent infringement claims on five computer and electronics patents to be vulnerable to invalidity and non-infringement defenses.