Blake R. Davis

Blake's active matters include representing:

• Defendant Momentum Dynamics in two cases brought by WiTricity, including regarding 11 wireless charging technology patents; one patent invalidated in district court, five patents invalidated by PTAB, multiple additional IPR proceedings are ongoing
• Plaintiff Orca Security in a multi-patent competitor case against Wiz relating to cloud security
• Plaintiff GlobalFoundries in a trade secret misappropriation case against IBM
• Complainant Netgear in a six-patent ITC case against TP-Link relating to networking devices

Blake's prior matters include:

• Overhead Door v. Chamberlain (ITC): Represented Complainant Overhead Door in five-patent ITC case related to garage door openers; ITC found three patents valid and infringed
• Certain Digital Video Receivers and Related Hardware and Software Components (ITC): Represented Respondent Comcast against allegations of infringement of eight patents relating to set-top box technology; obtained final determination that all patents were found not infringed or invalid
• FlexStent v. Abbott (C.D. Cal.) (Fed. Cir.): Defended Abbott in a patent infringement lawsuit in which Flexstent alleged that Abbott’s Xience stents, the best-selling drug-eluting stents on the market, infringed its patent; Abbott invalidated all claims of the patent in IPR proceedings, and the Federal Circuit issued a Rule 36 affirmance on FlexStent’s appeal — a total victory for Abbott
• Edwards v. Abbott (C.D. Cal.): Secured a highly favorable settlement for Abbott in a patent infringement lawsuit brought by competitor Edwards Lifesciences, alleging that Abbott’s MitraClip —a transcatheter-based mitral repair device and one of Abbott’s flagship products — infringed three patents; Abbott filed IPRs and Edwards responded by dropping all challenged claims
• Integrated Sensing Systems, Inc. v. Abbott (E.D. Mich): Defended Abbott in a patent infringement lawsuit brought by ISS relating to wireless heart monitoring device, called CardioMEMs, which ISS alleged was a rip-off; after Abbott’s two IPRs were instituted by the USPTO, ISS voluntarily dismissed its case
• FotoNation Limited v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (E.D. Tex.): Secured a favorable settlement for plaintiff FotoNation in an eight-patent suit against Samsung relating to face detection and tracking technology in mobile phones