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Latham honored for securing a US$10.75 million damages verdict for client Philip Morris International in a patent infringement trial over vaping technology against R.J. Reynolds Vapor.
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Max Grant is the former Global Chair of the Intellectual Property Litigation Practice, which Chambers USA ranked as the top IP practice in the United States in 2022, is ranked Band 1 nationally and has won the Chambers Award for Excellence numerous times. The group’s development and trial capabilities were featured in a 2016 article in The Recorder.
Max is a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers and has successfully tried over 30 patent and IP cases to verdict.
Max has secured high-profile wins for companies established and emerging, including NVIDIA, Schlumberger, Philip Morris International, Adobe, Monsanto, Daikin, Latchable, CrossMatch Technologies, InfoBionic, and InterDigital. He served as lead counsel for C.R. Bard; after a six-week trial in the US District Court of Arizona, the jury found that W.L. Gore willfully infringed Bard’s patent and upheld validity. The court enhanced damages, awarded fees, and imposed a compulsory license. The total award was over US$2.1 billion and the win was featured in a cover article in the November 2009 issue of The American Lawyer.
Max joined Latham in 2002, after serving as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations during Operation Enduring Freedom. In 2005, he was appointed by the Secretary of Commerce to the Patent Public Advisory Committee, a nine-member board that advises the Director of the US Patent and Trademark Office on patent policy. Before attending law school, Max served as an aide to Senator John McCain, a Navy SEAL team leader and a US Marine. He is the co-inventor of two patents.
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Latham honored for securing a US$10.75 million damages verdict for client Philip Morris International in a patent infringement trial over vaping technology against R.J. Reynolds Vapor.
Latham honored for a complete defense verdict in an IP patent showdown and for preserving a precedent-setting securities victory in California's Supreme Court.
Washington, D.C. and New York partners join invite-only, prestigious trial organization as fellows.