Philip A. Morin, Ph.D.

Nonend Inventions, N.V. v. Microsoft Corporation, et al.

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas 
Represented Microsoft, HTC America, Amazon and Panasonic in patent case related to media streaming.

Largan Precision, Company Ltd. v. Samsung Electronics, et al.

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
Represented Largan Precision in a six patent case before Judge Sabraw concerning optical lenses in smartphones, tablets and other products; case terminated via settlement eight days before trial.

FlashPoint Technology Inc. v. HTC Corporation, HTC America Inc., et al.

U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
Represented HTC in a nine patent case before Judge Sleet concerning camera user interface functionality in smart phones; obtained a stay of all nine patents after Judge Sleet lifted previous stay due to reexamination in light of FlashPoint’s filing of a complaint asserting four of the nine patents before the U.S. ITC; settled favorably before trial.

Smartflash LLC v. HTC Corporation and HTC America Inc.

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Representing HTC in patent litigation concerning content delivery and payment systems; pending.

Round Rock Research v. ASUSTeK Computer Inc. and ASUS Computer International

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
Represented ASUS in a nine patent case before Judge Wilken (NDCA) concerning DDR DRAM memory (data strobe, ODT and write leveling), SSD NAND flash memory, LCD, Bluetooth, USB 3.0, BIOS, CMOS image sensor components in ASUS PC-related products; settled favorably before trial.

ASUSTeK Computer Inc. and ASUS Computer International v. Round Rock Research

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
Represented ASUS in a six-patent case before Judge Alsup and Judge Tigar concerning flash memory, SDDRAM memory, and image sensor components in ASUS PC-related products; settled favorably before trial.

Starbucks Corp. v. NeoMedia Technologies, Inc.

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington
Represented Starbucks in patent litigation related to QR codes.

NFC Technology LLC v. HTC America, Inc., et al.

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Represented HTC America in patent litigation related to near field communications.

Overland Storage, Inc., v. Qualstar Corporation

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
Represented Qualstar in patent litigation related to media libraries.

Datascape, Inc. v. Kyocera Wireless Corp.

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
Represented Kyocera in a six patent case before Judge Cooper relating to data transaction systems which communicate over a network with a plurality of non-standard I/O remote terminals. Datascape accused Kyocera cellular handsets and smartphones of infringement; settled favorably before trial.

Atmel Corporation v. Macronix America Inc.*

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
Completed patent and technical analyses underlying successful motion for summary judgment of invalidity for nonjoinder of inventor under 35 U.S.C. 102(f). Settled favorably following summary judgment.

In the Matter of Certain Electronic Imaging Devices, U.S. International Trade Commission Investigation No. 337-TA-850

Represented Respondents HTC Corporation and HTC America Inc. in a four-patent investigation before ALJ Essex concerning camera functionality, messaging, and image processing systems in smartphones; prior to the hearing one-patent was dismissed; obtained final determination finding non-infringement, and none of the domestic industry licensees practiced two of the remaining three asserted patent. Complainant FlashPoint Technology, Inc. did not appeal the final determination.

Certain Integrated Circuits and Products Containing Same; Certain SDRAMs, DRAMs, ASICs, RAM and Logic Chips, Microprocessors, Microcontrollers, Processes For Manufacturing Same and Products Containing Same, U.S. International Trade Commission Investigation Nos. 337-TA-402, 337-TA-404*

Assisted Fujitsu's case teams in these concurrent investigations involving numerous patents. Performed patent analysis that led to withdrawal of patent by complainant Samsung before the evidentiary hearing. Following the hearing, the parties settled on terms favorable to Fujitsu.

Children’s Miracle Network v. Miracle Babies

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
Represented defendant Miracle Babies in litigation including claims for trademark infringement, unfair competition, cybersquatting, and false designation of origin related to plaintiff’s purported “Miracle”-related trademarks. The dispute also included an opposition proceeding filed by Children’s Miracle Network before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board related to the Miracle Babies & Design trademark. Settled both proceedings favorably.

* Prior Experience