Attorney Michael T. Renaud's Legal Cases

Patent infringement

EON Corp. IP Holdings LLC v Skyguard LLC, et al. (EDTX - 6:11cv15)

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OUTCOME: FAVORABLE Settlement

Represented a defendant in this multi-patent infringement case relating to vending management communication modules. Filed in June 2011 case was settled very favorably after 18 months of litigation. ... EON, formerly known as TV Answers, Inc., holds more than three-dozen patents and has been fairly aggressive in its enforcement of a number of them. Among their targets have been some of the largest and most successful technology companies, including Apple, LG, Pantech, Honeywell, RIM, T-Mobile and more. In some instances, EON has extracted high settlements from these organizations.

Patent infringement

In the Matter of Certain Electronic Devices, including Handheld, Wireless Communications Devices (337-TA-667)

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OUTCOME: Successful licensing agreements

Represented complainant (plaintiff) in three-patent ITC case and in parallel Federal District Court cases. Filed in December 2008, the cases were settled as to all respondents by May 2010 and resulted ... in successful licensing agreements with each, including some of the largest and most recognized names in the converged device space – HTC, Panasonic, Research in Motion and more.

Patent infringement

Swipe Innovations, LLC v. Equinox Payments LLC et al. (EDTX - 9:12cv126)

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OUTCOME: FAVORABLE Settlement

Defended against patent infringement claims in this case related to point of sale (PoS) devices. Filed in August 2012, the case was favorably settled for the client and its customers in April 2013. T ... he technology of the patents-in-suit involved encryption between PoS devices and host.

Patent infringement

In the Matter of Certain Consumer Electronics and Display Devices and Products Containing Same (337-TA-836)

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OUTCOME: Successful Licensing Agreements

Represented investors in the patent portfolio of the former Silicon Graphics as complainant in the International Trade Commission (ITC), and as plaintiff in multiple parallel District of Delaware cases ... . Cases were filed between late 2011 and early 2012, and all were resolved by the end of January 2013. The technology at issue relates to LCD panels, central processor units, graphics processing units, and other microprocessor technology. Successfully licensed all respondents, including some of the largest and most recognized names in the converged device space – Apple, LG, Research in Motion, Samsung, Sony.

Patent infringement

Virnetx v. Mitel Networks Corp., et al (EDTX - 6:11cv18)

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OUTCOME: FAVORABLE Settlement

Defended our client, the US division of a Germany-based global manufacturing concern, in a patent infringement action relating to secure network communications. Filed in January 2011, favorable settlem ... ent was achieved for our client in Feburary 2013. Virnetx had previously scored a $368 million verdict against Apple and a $105 million verdict against Microsoft (Microsoft later settled with Virnetx for $200 million).

Patent infringement

In the Matter of Certain LED Photographic Lighting Devices and Components Thereof (337-TA-804)

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OUTCOME: Determination of INFRINGEMENT and Issuance of GENERAL EXCLUSION ORDER

Represented UK-based complainant (plaintiff) and its US affiliate, companies that make LED lighting systems for use in film and TV production, at the International Trade Commission. The Commission hand ... ed down its Final Initial Determination of infringement on September 7, 2012. On January 17, 2013, the ITC issued a General Exclusion Order (GEO) against Respondents (defendants) based in both China and the United States. The result in this case is particularly notable because it is rare for the Commission to issue a GEO. It is much more common for Complainants to seek and receive a Limited Exclusion Order from the court due to the rigorous criteria and careful balancing of interests that apply to requests for GEOs.

Patent infringement

Straight Path IP Group, Inc. v. Sipnet EU SRO at the Federal Circuit

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OUTCOME: REVERSED and REMANDED

Successfully appeal at the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals on behalf of Straight Path IP Group, Inc. resulting in the first Federal Circuit opinion to entirely reverse and remand a Patent Trial and Ap ... peal’s Board’s (“PTAB”) decision that cancelled patent claims in an inter partes review (IPR) of a patent.

Patent infringement

Certain Consumer Electronics with Display and Processing Capabilities (337-TA-884)

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OUTCOME: Obtained LIMITED EXCLUSION ORDER

Represented owners of the patent portfolio of the original Silicon Graphics, now known as Graphics Properties Holdings, as complainant in the International Trade Commission. Investigation was institute ... d in June 2013 and among the respondent entities were Panasonic, Toshiba, Vizio, and ZTE. Most respondents settled. The ITC hearing was held over several days in May 2014, and on August 29, 2014 Mintz Levin successfully obtained a recommendation for a Limited Exclusion Order against the remaining respondent, which chose to settle while Commission review of the Administrative Law Judge’s was pending.

Michael T. Renaud's Legal Cases (8)

EON Corp. IP Holdings LLC v Skyguard LLC, et al. (EDTX - 6:11cv15)

In the Matter of Certain Electronic Devices, including Handheld, Wireless Communications Devices (337-TA-667)

Swipe Innovations, LLC v. Equinox Payments LLC et al. (EDTX - 9:12cv126)

In the Matter of Certain Consumer Electronics and Display Devices and Products Containing Same (337-TA-836)

Virnetx v. Mitel Networks Corp., et al (EDTX - 6:11cv18)

In the Matter of Certain LED Photographic Lighting Devices and Components Thereof (337-TA-804)

Straight Path IP Group, Inc. v. Sipnet EU SRO at the Federal Circuit

Certain Consumer Electronics with Display and Processing Capabilities (337-TA-884)