Edward Reines

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Professional Experience

: Current; United States v. California Institute Of Technology and Applied BiosystemsLead trial counsel for Applied Biosystems and eight individuals in dispute over ownership of patent rights to fundamental DNA sequencing technology. (Prevailed at trial; judgment entered rejecting inventorship and ownership claims.)

: Current; StorageTek v. Cisco SystemsTrial counsel for Cisco in patent infringement action involving networking technology wherein plaintiff sought billions of dollars in damages. (Obtained jury verdict of invalidity and non-infringement in June 2005).

: Current; Applera Corp. and Roche Molecular Sys. v. MJ Research, Inc.Trial for Applera in six patent litigation involving Nobel Prize winning PCR technology. (Jury verdict finding all patents valid and infringed and awarding enhanced damages of $35 million.)

: Current; Applied Materials, Inc. v. ASM International, N.V.Trial counsel for Applied Materials in two successful trials and two successful appeals of patent infringement claims involving chemical vapor deposition technology used in the manufacture of semiconductor devices. (Litigation subsequently settled for over $100 million.)

: Current; TechSearch v. Intel Corp.Trial counsel for Intel in patent infringement action involving microprocessor technology in which plaintiff sought damages of $8.2 billion. (Summary judgment for Intel affirmed). This victory was acknowledged as the defense victory of the year in California by the Daily Journal.

: Current; ASM v. GenusTrial and appeal counsel for Genus in patent infringement action involving atomic layer deposition technology. (Obtained summary judgment and had it affirmed on appeal.)

: Current; Agere Systems, Inc. v. Broadcom Corp.Trial counsel for Broadcom in 16 patent infringement action involving wireless technologies. (Settled.)

: Current; ASM Int'l v. Applied Materials, Inc.Trial counsel for Applied Materials in 13 patent infringement dispute involving semiconductor processing technologies. (Settled.)

: Current; UniRAM v. TSMC and MoSysTrial counsel for TSMC in patent infringement and trade secret dispute involving semiconductor technologies.

: Current; General Electric v. NintendoAppeal counsel for General Electric in patent infringement action involving video technology. (Affirming in part and reversing in part).

: Current; Lucent Technologies v. Cisco SystemsCounsel for Cisco in multijurisdictional patent infringement dispute with 22 patents involving network technology. (Settled.)

: Current; Alcatel v. Cisco SystemsCounsel for Cisco in seven patent litigation involving network technology with cases in Europe and the United States. (Prevailed at trial in The Hague; settled.)

: Current; Immersion v. Sony Computer Entertainment AmericaTrial counsel for Sony Computer Entertainment in patent infringement action involving haptics technology.

: Current; Applera, Applied Biosystems and Celera Genomics v. Amersham Pharmacia Biotech and Molecular DynamicsCounsel for Celera Genomics and Applied Biosystems in five patent infringement actions involving DNA sequencing technology. (Settled.)

: Current; Amersham Pharmacia Biotech and Molecular Dynamics v. Applied BiosystemsLead trial counsel for Applied Biosystems in arbitration involving licensing dispute. (Prevailed completely.)

: Current; Promega v. AppleraCounsel for Applera in patent infringement action involving DNA sequencing and STR DNA typing technology.

: Current; Applera v. AffymetrixCounsel for Applera in patent infringement litigation involving five patents that cover DNA technology and the use of synthesized DNA. (Settled.)

: Current; Applied Materials, Inc. v. AG Associates, AST Electronik GmbHCounsel for plaintiff in patent infringement action involving rapid thermal processing technology. (Settled.)

: Current; Photonetics v. New FocusCounsel for defendant in patent infringement action involving laser technology. (Settled.)

: Current; Kaifa v. New FocusCounsel for defendant in patent infringement action involving network infrastructure technology. (Settled.)

: Current; Arbor Software v. Planning Sciences International plcCounsel for plaintiff in patent litigation involving multidimensional database software technology. (Settled.)

: Current; Quality Semiconductor, Inc. v. Pericom Semiconductor Corp.Counsel for defendant in patent infringement action involving MOS technology. (Settled.)

: Current; Balfour Mfg. Co. v. PM Ag ProductsCounsel for defendant in patent infringement and false advertising action involving chemical patents. (Settled.)

: Current; Festo Corp. v. SMC CorpCounsel for Cisco Corporation, Applied Biosystems, Celera Genomics, Oracle Corporation, Micron Corporation and Applied Biosystems in appellate proceedings.

: Current; Amicus Curiae Briefs Merck KGAA v. Integra Lifesciences I, Ltd. and the Burnham Institute and Telios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Counsel for Applera Corporation and Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Festo Corporation v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co., LTD., a/k/a SMC Corporation and SMC Pneumatics, Inc.Counsel for Applera Corporation (Applied Biosystems and Celera Genomics), Applied Materials, Inc., Cisco Systems, Inc., Micron Technology, Inc., and Oracle Corporation. Knorr-Bremse Systeme Fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GMBH., v. Dana Corporation and Haldex Brake Products Corporation, and Haldex Brake Products ABCounsel for United States Counsel for International Business, Center for Advanced Study & Research on Intellectual Property, Federation Internationale Des Conseils en ProprieteIndustrielle, Applera Corporation, Cisco Systems, Inc. and Cisco Technologies, Inc., Oracle Corporation, and Sony Computer Entertainment America.Eolas Technologies Incorporated and The Regents of the University of California v. Microsoft CorporationCounsel for Oracle Corporation.

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