Garland Stephens

Partner

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Current

Current

Apple Inc. Apple Computer, Inc. v. Burst.com, Inc. Representing Apple in a major patent infringement suit against Burst.com involving the iPod and the iTunes store, Weil Gotshal obtained summary judgments invalidating certain of Burst’s patent claims that purported to cover “faster-than-real-time” transmission. Doing so virtually gutted Burst’s case. This resulted in a settlement for far less than previous settlements obtained by Burst in similar litigations against leading technology companies.

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Apple Computer Premier International Associates v. Apple Computer Markman hearing in Premier Intl. Associates v. Apple. Court did not adopt plaintiff’s terms needed by plaintiff to defend invalidity and noninfringement defenses established through other terms.

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Pilot Pen Benjamin Kwitek and Interform, Inc. v. Pilot Corporation, Pilot Corporation of America Markman hearing in Kwitek v. Pilot; Favorable ruling for Pilot on all claim terms

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Excite@Home Bondholders' Liquidating Trust Williamson v. AT&T Corporation, et al. Obtained a favorable settlement for Excite @Home in a series of multi-billion dollar breach of fiduciary duty and securities lawsuits against AT&T, Cox, Comcast and others arising from their role as controlling shareholders in the first company to provide high-speed internet access via cable modem. more

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Undisclosed Death Penalty Appeal Working with General Electric’s general counsel, Weil Gotshal is pursuing habeas corpus relief from the death penalty sentence of our client who was convicted of capital murder and two additional counts of murder in 1995 in DeSoto County, Mississippi.

Columbia University

1994

M.S.

University of Missouri

J.D.

1990

University of Chicago

B.S.

1984