Leesburg, VA
Litigation Lawyer at Leesburg, VA
Practice Areas: Litigation, Intellectual Property ... +3 more
OUTCOME: Summary Judgment Invalidating Patent
Successfully defended patent infringement case involving robotic fish technology. Secured summary judgment completely invalidating the plaintiff's patent based on lack of novelty in light of prior art. ...
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Prosecuted Qui Tam whistleblower claims (False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. § 3729) of Carter alleging fraudulent billing of the United States for services provided to the military forces serving in Ira ... q in Federal Court. Successfully appealed lower court ruling to 4th Circuit Court of Appeals Appellate court reversed district court’s decision that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction over Carter’s claims because of the False Claims Act’s first to-file bar, 31 U.S.C. § 3730(b)(5). Made new law in the Court of Appeals on the issue of whether the statute of limitations on Carter’s complaint was not tolled by the Wartime Suspension of Limitations Act (WSLA), 18 U.S.C. § 3287, which is being appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
OUTCOME: Successfully secured an early dismissal of the lawsuit upon jurisdictional grounds.
Defended a Singapore based technology that develops facial recognition software that was accused, by a former employee, of taking an invalid assignment of a former employee’s interest in the patent app ... lications registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
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Defended the Federal Government of Nigeria in international collections dispute brought by a logistics company related to a disputed government contract seeking damages of $423,184,115.29.
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Defended an information technology government contractor that was accused, by Oracle, of copyright infringement and violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act relating to downloads of firmware upgr ... ades and software patches from Oracle in service of governmental clients.
OUTCOME: Successfully secured an early dismissal of the lawsuit upon jurisdictional and substantive grounds.
Defended a Virginia aviation and flight training company against allegations of fraud and breach of contract brought by a disgruntled flight student.
OUTCOME: Clients awarded damages and recovery of their full attorneys' fees.
Successful challenge to an HOA's discriminatory parking policy, resulting in a groundbreaking decision by the Virginia Supreme Court. Manchester Oaks Homeowners Ass’n v. Batt, 284 Va. 409, 732 S.E.2d ... 690 (2012).
OUTCOME: Successfully secured an early dismissal of the lawsuit upon jurisdictional grounds.
Defended a large communications company in trademark infringement action alleging infringement of a mark related to an internet radio website by a prominent West Virginia radio station.
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Defended patent infringement claims against Titan Atlas Manufacturing, Inc. involving technology licensed from Entwicklungs und Verwertungs Gesellschaft M.B.H., for a prefabricated construction panel u ... sed to construct mine ventilation overcasts. Defended patent infringement claims seeking damages of $2,440,018, prosecuted declaratory judgment counterclaims challenging the validity of the patent at issue, and conducted Markman (claim construction) hearings.
OUTCOME: Favorable settlement acquired for client.
Prosecuted negligence and property damage claim of large mid-atlantic propane company related to damage done to fleet vehicle by repair shop. Obtained favorable settlement for client.
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