Fish has the premier patent litigation practice in the world. Clients choose us because we have a record of obtaining excellent results in cases involving complex technology. We offer clients the benefits of global experience and familiarity with local courts and practice. Our substantial trial experience enables us to present complex technology issues in a form that a lay judge or jury can understand. We have successfully litigated patents owned by large and small corporations in virtually every industry and technology area.

Our success has been widely recognized. IP Law & Business ranked us as the most active patent litigation firm in the US for seven out of eight years since 2000. Our litigation victories have consistently been named to the National Law Journal's biggest winners list for more than a decade. And Managing Intellectual Property magazine named us the top patent litigation firm in the country.

We represent clients in federal and state trial courts throughout the United States, the Supreme Court of the United States, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the United States International Trade Commission, the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, the European Court of Justice, the European Federal Supreme Court, the German Federal Patent Court, the German district courts, and numerous arbitration and mediation boards and panels.

Our Record of Success

Our success has been recognized by others; many of our victories have been included on the National Law Journal biggest winners list:

Year	Case Name  (F&R client in bold)	Result
2006	Power Integrations v. Fairchild Semiconductor	$34 million, one of the top 100 verdicts of 2006 according to Verdict search
2004	Arendi v. Microsoft Corp.	defense verdict
2000	Bellcore v. FORE	defense judgment
1999	Power Integrations v. Motorola, Inc.	$32.3 million
1998	ITI v. Ademco Distribution, Inc.	$36 million
1998	US, ex rel Battaglia v. Texas Data Control	defense verdict, $15 million award on counter claim (Dallas Office)
1997	Quantel, Ltd. v. Adobe Systems, Inc.	defense verdict

Representative cases:

Name of Case  (F&R client in bold)	Court	Date	Subject Matter	Bench or Jury	Result
Power-One v. Artesyn	E.D. Tex.	2007	power supplies	Jury	Won
3M v. Matsushita, Sony, et al. case	ITC	2007	lithium-ion battery cathode technology		Settled
Repligen and MIT v. ImClone Systems Inc.	D. Mass.	2007	cell lines related to cancer treatment		Settled
Kyphon v. Medtronic	N.D. Cal.	2007	balloon kyphoplasty procedures		Settled
Nokia v. Colida	S.D. N.Y.	2007	cell phone design	Jury	Won
Garmin v. TomTom	W.D. Wis.	2007	GPS navigation devices		Won on summary judgment
Automotive Technologies, Inc. v. TRW Automotive	E.D. Mich.	2007	airbags for vehicles	Jury	Won
Power Integrations v. Fairchild Semiconductor	D. DE	2007	integrated circuits and high voltage transistor structures (validity)	Jury	Won
Power Integrations v. Fairchild Semiconductor	D. DE	2006	integrated circuits and high voltage transistor structures (infringement/damages/willfulness)	Jury	Won
Fresenius v. Baxter	N.D. Ca.	2006	kidney dialysis machines	Jury	Won, JMOL granted, appeal expected
AVID v. Crystal Import Corporation	E.D. Tx.	2006	RFID tags	Jury	Won
Toshiba v.Hynix	ITC	2006	NAND Flash memory	Bench	Won
Power Integrations v. System General Corporation	ITC	2006	circuits used in power supplies	Bench	Won
3M v. Avery Dennison Corporation	D. MN.	12/05	graphics film to wrap vehicles in advertising	Jury	Won
Paice Corporation v. Toyota Motor Corporation	E.D.Tx.	12/05	hybrid engines	Jury	Won
Exergen Corp. v. SAAT, Ltd., Daiwa Products, Inc., and CVS, Inc.	D. MA.	07/05	temporal artery thermometer	Jury	Won
Sandel Avionics v. Honeywell	D. DE.	12/04	terrain awareness and warning system	Jury	Won
Arendi v. Microsoft	D.R.I.	09/04	SmartTag technology	Jury	Won
Genesis v. MRT and MStar	ITC	04/04	image processing for computer displays	Bench	Won
US Philips v. Princo and Gigastorage	ITC	03/04	CD-R's and CD-RW's	Bench	Won
KLA Tencor v. ADE Corporation	D. DE	02/04	silicon wafer laser scanning system	Jury	Won
Adaptec v. GlobalNet	N.D. Cal	10/03	SCSI boards	Jury	Won
Sensormatic v. Universal	FL	06/03	electronic article surveillance systems	Jury	Won
Ciena v. Corvis III	DE	04/03	dense wavelength division multiplexing transmission systems	Jury	Won
Ciena v. Corvis I and II	DE	02/03	dense wavelength division multiplexing transmission systems	Two Juries	Won

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