Lisa Nguyen

Other noteworthy experience

Advising:

• Symantec and Veritas in connection with representation as co-lead counsel in a second lawsuit brought by IV alleging infringement of three patents. By the completion of summary judgment briefing, only two claims of one patent remained. Successfully obtained summary judgment of both non-infringement and invalidity based on § 101. [Intellectual Ventures v. Symantec (D. Del.)]
• NVIDIA in connection with defense in an eight-patent suit involving various semiconductor technologies, including fabrication, memory controllers, and SDRAMs. By the time of trial, only three patents remained. The judge declared a mistrial as to two patents, and the jury found the remaining patent not infringed. [Samsung Electronics. v. NVIDIA Corporation (E.D. Va.)]
• LSI defended against assertion of 12 patents by competitor Altera and represented LSI offensively in assertion of 12 additional patents in responsive counterclaims. The case settled after infringement contentions were served. [Altera v. LSI (C.D. Cal.)]
• Jaguar Land Rover in connection with a patent litigation involving instrument clusters. Successfully obtained summary judgment of invalidity and award of attorneys’ fees and costs. The Federal Circuit summarily affirmed both decisions. [Vehicle Interface Technologies v. Jaguar Land Rover (D. Del.; Fed. Cir.)]
• Symantec in connection with a second lawsuit brought by Uniloc involving software activation and anti-piracy software. Obtained favorable settlement for Symantec prior to claim construction. [Uniloc USA. v. Symantec (E.D. Tex.)]
• GEICO in connection with a patent litigation involving mobile applications. The case resulted in a walk away by the plaintiff months before trial. [MacroSolve, Inc. v. GEICO (E.D. Tex.)]
• Tropos Networks in connection with a patent litigation involving two patents related to mesh networking. Although the case had been pending for more than seven years, obtained a stay pending inter partes reexamination. The case settled on favorable terms during the stay. [IP Co., LLC v. Tropos Networks, Inc. (N.D. Ga.)]
• Linvatec in connection with a patent litigation involving nine patents related to suture anchors. Successfully ran the table on claim construction issues on all patents to obtain a favorable settlement shortly after the claim construction order issued. [Bonutti Skeletal Innovations v. Linvatec Corporation (M.D. Fla.)]
• Honda in connection with a patent litigation brought by Intellectual Ventures related to electric motors, successfully obtaining an initial determination of no violation after a one-week trial. [In the Matter of Certain Thermoplastic-Encapsulated Electric Motors, Components Thereof, and Products and Vehicles Containing Same II]
• AU Optronics in connection siwth a patent litigation brought by Thomson involving multiple patents related to LCD panels and semiconductor devices. After a one-week trial, the Administrative Law Judge issued an initial determination, finding that AU Optronics did not infringe any of Thomson’s patents, and invalidating most of the asserted claims. The finding of no violation was upheld by the Commission. [In the Matter of Certain Liquid Crystal Display Devices, Including Monitors, Televisions, And Modules, And Components Thereof]

Published work

• “To Patent or Not to Patent Your Product? 7 Rules of Thumb to Follow,” Women 2.0, May 30, 2014
• “Confidentiality Agreements: Protecting Valuable Business and Technology Assets,” Women 2.0, April 29, 2014
• “25 Years of CAFC Inequitable Conduct Jurisprudence,” Patent Strategy & Management, Vol. 8, No. 7, December 2007
• “In Defense of Sell: Involuntary Medication and the Permanently Incompetent Criminal Defendant,” 597 University of Chicago Legal Forum, 2005.