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LITIGATION DEPARTMENT OF THE YEAR:
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

KIRKLAND & ELLIS

Q&A What are some of the department's most satis-
fying successes of the past year and why? One
of the most satisfying aspects of Kirkland’s business is the KIRKLAND HAS A DEEP POOL OF EXTREMELY TALENTED
wide range of matters our incredible selection of clients AND COMMITTED TRIAL LAWYERS, RANGING FROM HIGHLY
entrusts us to handle. Highlights from the past year include EXPERIENCED FIRST-CHAIR ATTORNEYS DOWN THROUGH
a complete victory for Intel in a multi-jurisdiction litigation OUR CONSISTENTLY STRONG ASSOCIATES. WE HAVE THE
involving circuit layout and fabrication technology patents, ABILITY ON A MOMENT’S NOTICE TO PUT TOGETHER AN
where we obtained a final determination of no violation in OUTSTANDING TEAM WITH EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN ALL
the ITC, as well as summary judgment of non-infringement ASPECTS OF PATENT, COPYRIGHT, TRADEMARK, TRADE
in the Northern District of California on all five asserted SECRET, AND OTHER AREAS OF IP LAW. TRIAL IS ALWAYS
patents. FIRST AND FOREMOST IN OUR MINDS WHEN KIRKLAND
We also obtained a major victory for Lucky Brand in the TAKES A CASE. DEVELOPING KEY THEORIES AND THEMES
U.S. Supreme Court in its long-running trademark dispute with EARLY IN A LITIGATION ALLOWS US TO FLESH OUT CRITICAL
Marcel. The court ruled 9-0 in Lucky Brand’s favor, providing SUPPORTING EVIDENCE DURING DISCOVERY, ENSURING
much-needed clarity on the doctrine of res judicata. THAT WE CAN PRESENT A COMPELLING STORY AT TRIAL.
In a case for a pharmaceutical client, a Delaware judge
ruled after a fully remote bench trial that all claims of a
patent directed to Parkinson’s disease treatments asserted
against our client were invalid. District of Illinois jury deliberated for just over two hours
On the trade secret front, Kirkland teams won more than before awarding Motorola Solutions our full damages request.
$1 billion in damages for clients in 2020. A Southern District In addition, Kirkland resolved long-running patent litigation
of New York jury awarded damages to our client TriZetto, for WesternGeco, a Schlumberger subsidiary, in litigation
finding that competitor Syntel had misappropriated hundreds against ION Geophysical over remote-sensing technology for
of TriZetto’s trade secrets. And in a high-profile, global trade deep-water oil and gas exploration. This result came after
secret and copyright dispute between our client Motorola 11 years of litigation, including two winning U.S. Supreme
Solutions and its China-based competitor Hytera, a Northern Court arguments.

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