Edward Behm

Select representations include:

• Subscriber Holdings in a case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit asserting claims under the Georgia Trade Secrets Act and the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act, as well as breach of a nondisclosure agreement. The appeals court vacated the decision from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia and remanded the case for trial.
• An oil-drilling equipment manufacturer in the Eastern District of Texas in a patent infringement dispute related to diamond compacts on drill bits, resulting in a favorable client settlement.
• A regional grocery chain in intellectual property matters including the successful settlement of a copyright dispute related to architectural drawings brought in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the dismissal of patent infringement claims related to the use of rewards cards.
• A telecommunications Fortune 100 company in the drafting and issuance of opinions of counsel successfully used to counter charges of willful infringement.
• A children’s furniture manufacturer before the International Trade Commission, resulting in a favorable client settlement prior to trial.
   

Select representations include:

• A large telecommunications company and a large medical device company on best practices and internal controls related to information relevant to the prosecution of company patent applications.
• A technology company in overturning an invalidity determination by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board related to a motion-based software for handheld devices.
• A patent licensor before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board in the successful denial of an Inter Partes review petition.

Select representations include:

• A technology company in the development of a patent portfolio and the leveraging of the IP assets into a $1.1 billion acquisition.
• A software-as-a-service (SaaS) company in the drafting and counseling of software and patent licenses and hosting and cloud computing service agreements and the ultimate acquisition of the company by a large multinational.
• A European conglomerate in the acquisition of renewable energy technologies from the U.S. arm of a large British oil company.