Nicholas Brown

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Professional Experience

: 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.

: Current; 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.

: Current; Applied Materials Inc. Applied Materials, Inc. v. Podlesnik Represented Applied Materials, Inc., in a trade secrets case against a senior executive (Dragan Podlesnik) who left Applied in January 2005 to join its chief tech competitor, Lam Research Corporation. WGM obtained a preliminary injunction that prohibits Podlesnik from engaging in tech-related activities at Lam; significant, given the strong public policy in California favoring employee mobility.

: Current; Genus Inc. ASM America, Inc. v. Genus, Inc., 401 F.3d 1340, 74 U.S.P.Q.2d 1211 (Fed Cir. 2005) Successfully defended Genus, Inc. in an infringement action commenced by a high-tech competitor, ASM International N.V. Genus was awarded a judgment of non-infringement of two patents covering Atomic Layer Deposition technology. more

: Current; Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. Samsung Electronics America Samsung Semiconductor Inc. Samsung Electronics, Ltd., et al. v. Tessera Inc. et al. Represented Samsung Electronics, Ltd, one of the leading electronics manufacturers in the world, and several of its US affiliates, in a patent license agreement dispute with Tessera Inc. more

: Current; Applera Corporation - Applied Biosystems Group Henry Huang v. California Institute of Technology, Applied Biosystems, et al. In a case that challenged the inventorship on the key patents behind the DNA sequencers that fueled the biotech revolution and enabled the decoding of the human genome, Weil’s team won a complete victory for Applera at trial. more

: Current; Genus Inc. ASM America, Inc v. Genus, Inc. Successfully defended Genus, Inc. in an infringement action commenced by a high-tech competitor, ASM International N.V. Genus was awarded a judgment of non-infringement of two patents covering Atomic Layer Deposition technology. more

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