Patent Litigation: MEMS Microphones

Represented large semiconductor manufacturer in an ITC investigation and parallel district court proceeding in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, defending against two patents owned by a competitor relating to microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) microphones; instrumental in prevailing in a rare initial determination proceeding (akin to a preliminary injunction hearing), in which an administrative law judge found the competitor's patents were invalid, and then in proving invalidity at full merits hearing; ITC affirmed both invalidity determinations.