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HKW Defeats 6 Patent Infringement Claims
Atlanta IP Law Firm Defeats 6 Patent Infringement Claims The intellectual property litigation team at Hill, Kertscher & Wharton, LLP successfully defended six out of six patent infringement claims in the United States District Court for the Central District of California (full article link below). http://www.prweb.com/releases/interpartes/reviewlawyer/prweb13376345.htm
Blake Frye and Jenny Calvert win Defense verdict in week-long jury trial in Fulton County Superior Court …
Blake Frye and Jenny Calvert win Defense verdict in week-long jury trial in Fulton County Superior Court for clients, defeating Plaintiffs’ claims of nuisance, negligence, trespass, intentional infliction of emotional distress, punitive damages and attorneys’ fees.
HKW has developed substantial expertise in contested matters relating to patents and is involved in handling all aspects of IPRs
As part of its growing post-grant review practice, Hill, Kertscher & Wharton, LLP (“HKW”), on behalf of its clients American Megatrends, Giga-Byte Technologies, and MicroStar Computers, has now successfully filed separate petitions for inter partes review (IPR) against eleven different patents owned by Kinglite Holdings. Two additional petitions remain outstanding. These IPRs are a… Read More »
HKW has been recognized for a second consecutive year as a leading global law firm for patent litigation services in the forthcoming fifth edition of the Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) Patent 1000 guidebook
HKW has been recognized for a second consecutive year as a leading global law firm for patent litigation services in the forthcoming fifth edition of the Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) Patent 1000 guidebook, soon-to-be issued for 2016. HKW was 1 of 12 law firms in Georgia chosen for this distinction. For the third straight… Read More »
HKW Files Inter Partes Review Petition Challenging Obvious Pharmaceutical Formulation Patent
As part of its growing post-grant review practice, Hill, Kertscher & Wharton, LLP (“HKW”), on behalf of its client, Complex Innovations, LLC, filed its first inter partes review petition directed toward a pharmaceutical composition patent (U.S. Patent Number 7,829,595). HKW’s team, including Jenny Calvert, and Vivek Ganti, with the support of a well-respected pharmaceutical… Read More »
California judge strikes down key BIOS security patent in Kinglite litigation…
California federal judge struck down Kinglite’s BIOS security patent that it has asserted against various technology manufacturers, saying it couldn’t stand in the face of scrutiny from the framework established in the U.S. Supreme Court‘s Alice ruling. U.S. District Judge James V. Selna granted a bid by HKW clients American Megatrends, Giga-Byte Technologies, and… Read More »
A Federal District Court awarded Doug Kertscher and Blake Frye $374,309.50 in attorneys’ fees…
A Federal District Court awarded Doug Kertscher and Blake Frye $374,309.50 in attorneys’ fees and $14,163.17 (court order link below) in expenses after their successful trial verdict in Perez v. Sprint Corp. Click here to view
