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Vic Souto Partner 609-454-3500 x310 phone vsouto [AT] meagheremanuel.com

NOTABLE SUCCESSES Obtained a favorable settlement for a client who was named as a defendant in a trade secret misappropriation suit involving sophisticated 3-D modeling software to allow the client to avoid the distraction and expense of litigation against two much larger companies Obtained summary judgment dismissing a trade secret misappropriation claim where the plaintiff was seeking in excess of $100 million in damages Defeated a motion for a temporary restraining order that sought to prevent a client from completing a transfer of technology to the purchaser of the client’s manufacturing plant Secured summary judgment of non-infringement and invalidity for a defendant in a two-patent infringement case involving Internet access technology Member of trial teams that: Successfully defended a client in a patent infringement case involving photolithography equipment in the International Trade Commission Successfully defended a client in a patent infringement case involving mobile phone technology in the International Trade Commission Secured a defense verdict in a bench trial that six patents were unenforceable as a result of inequitable conduct by the patentee Secured plaintiff’s verdict for client in jury trial involving network technology Secured defense verdicts in two jury trials that cellular technology patents were not infringed REPRESENTATIVE CASES Nokia v. Apple, International Trade Commission and D.Del. (patent infringement case involving standard essential cellular telephone technology) – cases settled on favorable terms Apple v. Samsung, N.D.CA (patent infringement case involving cellular telephone technology) – obtained jury verdict in favor of client Ericsson v. Apple, International Trade Commission and E.D.TX (patent infringement case involving standard essential cellular telephone technology) – cases settled on favorable terms Core Wireless v. Apple, E.D.TX (patent infringement case involving standard essential cellular telephone technology) – obtained jury verdict in favor of client Broadcom v. Emulex, C.D.CA (patent infringement case involving networking technology) – obtained post-trial verdict of infringement for client Agfa v. Creo, D.MA (patent infringement case involving offset printing technology) – obtained verdict in a bench trial that six patents were unenforceable because of inequitable conduct PowerOasis v. Cisco Systems, D.N.H. (patent infringement case involving Internet access technology) – obtained summary judgment of invalidity, which was affirmed by the Federal Circuit PowerOasis v. Wayport, D.MA (patent infringement case involving Internet access technology) – obtained summary judgment of non-infringement, which was affirmed by the Federal Circuit Cardiac Sciences, Inc. v. Defibtech LLC, D. Minn. (patent infringement case involving the hardware and software functionality of automated external defibrillators) – case settled on favorable terms Golden Enterprises v. AT&T, M.D. FL (trade secret misappropriation case involving speech generation software products for telephone operator services) – obtained summary judgment in favor of AT&T Telect, Inc. v. AT&T, E.D.WA (patent infringement case involving telephone central office connector equipment) – case settled on favorable terms Gregory et al. v. AT&T, C.D.CA (patent infringement case involving software communications protocol for cordless telephones) – case settled on favorable terms AT&T v. Microsoft, D.N.J. (software license dispute) – case settled on favorable terms Siemens Hearing Instruments et al. v. Raindrop Geomagic, N.J. Sup. Ct. (trade secret misappropriation case involving 3D modeling software) – case settled on favorable terms Zenith Electronics v. Philips Electronics N.A., et al., E.D. Tex. (patent infringement case involving standard essential high-definition television technology) – case settled on favorable terms Bar Admissions New Jersey New York Massachusetts U.S. Patent and Trademark Office U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California Education J.D., Fordham University School of Law B.S., Electrical Engineering, Rutgers University back to top