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Lucas Geren and Vivek Ganti Become HKW Partners
A very special congratulations to Lucas Geren and Vivek Ganti who recently became partners in the firm. For more information about this important milestone, please see the firm’s press release here.
Using the inter partes review procedure of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, HKW clients American Megatrends, Gigabyte and Micro Star International have successfully challenged the validity of an additional two patents owned by Kinglite Holdings.
All told, HKW attorneys Steve Hill and Vivek Ganti have now won ten separate IPR patent trials, leading to declarations of patent invalidity affecting ten different Kinglite patents. Three other Kinglite patents have been declared invalid in related federal court proceedings for claiming unpatentable subject matter.
Steve Hill delivered the foreign keynote speech at the Suzhou International IP Law seminar.
The event was attended by over 100 local government officials, inventors and business executives from Jiangsu Province, all interested in innovation, IP development and risk assessment.
HKW clients American Megatrends, Gigabyte and Micro Star International have successfully challenged the validity of all asserted claims of eight patents.
Using the inter partes review procedure of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, HKW clients American Megatrends, Gigabyte and Micro Star International have successfully challenged the validity of all asserted claims of eight patents. They are U.S. Patent Nos. 6,373,498, 5,987,604, 6,401,202, 6,487,656, 6,523,123, 5,732,268, 6,519,659, and 6,633,976. In the cases of IPR2015-01079, -01081,… Read More »
HKW has been named one of the top Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) law firms in the United States in a 2015 annual report published by Docket Navigator.
HKW has been named one of the top Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) law firms in the United States in a 2015 annual report published by Docket Navigator. The list includes top law firms and corporate legal departments ranked by the number of inter partes review, covered business methods, and post grant review… Read More »
HKW is sponsoring the Georgia State University and Georgia Tech IP Celebration at the Fox Theatre on October 7, 2016
HKW is sponsoring the Georgia State University and Georgia Tech IP Celebration at the Fox Theatre on October 7, 2016. Intellectual property accomplishments and the people behind these accomplishments will be featured.
Steve Hill will be speaking on the topic of the new realities of U.S. patent litigation at this year’s IP Business Congress of Asia in Shanghai.
Steve Hill will be speaking on the topic of the new realities of U.S. patent litigation at this year’s IP Business Congress of Asia in Shanghai on December 4-6, 2016. Devised for an audience of senior IP business leaders, the program for IPBC Asia 2016 reflects the challenges posed by a rapidly evolving Asian… Read More »
HKW CLIENTS AWARDED $1.55 MILLION IN ATTORNEY’S FEES IN MAJOR PATENT LITIGATION
United States District Judge James Selna has determined that Plaintiff Kinglite Holdings will have to pay $1.55 million in attorneys fees and expenses of patent infringement litigation incurred by Defendants American Megatrends, Gigabyte Technologies and Micro-Star International. HKW led by Steve Hill successfully represented the Defendants in defeating claims relating to six different patents… Read More »
HKW HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS A LEADING GLOBAL LAW FIRM FOR PATENT LITIGATION SERVICES IN THE FOURTH EDITION OF THE INTELLECTUAL ASSET MANAGEMENT (IAM) PATENT 1000 GUIDEBOOK, RECENTLY ISSUED FOR 2016
HKW has been recognized as a leading global law firm for patent litigation services in the fifth edition of the Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) Patent 1000 guidebook, recently issued for 2016. “This is the definitive directory devoted to singling out the leading patent services providers in the world,” said HKW co-founder Steve Hill. “Our… Read More »
HKW represents CLX in acquisition of Mblox Incorporated
Hill, Kertscher & Wharton recently represented CLX Communications AB (Publ) and its U.S. subsidiaries in its acquisition of Mblox Incorporated for cash consideration of $117 million in a merger which closed on July 11, 2016. Both CLX and Mblox are among the world’s largest providers of cloud-based communications services and solutions, including application-to-person (A2P)… Read More »