J. Anthony Downs

In the area of patent litigation, Mr. Downs has represented clients as lead counsel in a wide range of patent disputes involving many different technologies, including telecommunications, computer software, Internet telephony, pharmaceuticals, medical devices and financial services. His recent cases include:

• Lead counsel in a successful defense of Citrix in a patent infringement trial in the Eastern District of Texas in Marshall.  Obtained a jury verdict of non-infringement on patent claims alleging more than $50 million in damages
• Lead counsel in successful defense of Epocal in patent infringement case related to three patents for point-of-care blood tests. After a six-and-a-half day trial, the Huntsville, Alabama jury returned a unanimous verdict for Epocal on all counts
• Obtained summary judgment of non-infringement for Cisco Systems in patent claims filed by a successor to the Thinking Machines patents in the District of Massachusetts
• As co-lead counsel in a five-day bench trial in the District of New Jersey, defeated a validity challenge to a Teva Pharmaceuticals patent pertaining to the Parkinson’s drug Azilect™
• For Teva Pharmaceuticals, successfully appealed and argued an adverse bench trial result in the District of Delaware, resulting in the Federal Circuit finding the patents-in-suit invalid based on prior public use
• Representing a major financial institution in an MDL case in the Western District of Pennsylvania, was selected as lead counsel for Markman claim construction proceedings on behalf of more than 20 defendants
• Represented numerous clients in cases pending in the Eastern District of Texas, including Cisco Systems, Hewlett-Packard, New Balance and others, on a wide range of technologies
• For Cisco Systems, obtained rulings from the U.S. Patent Office on ex parte and inter partes reexaminations invalidating two patents claiming to have invented certain techniques in Voice-Over-IP
• Acted as co-lead counsel in multiple ITC proceedings
• Obtained injunctions and trial victories in a series of cases, including both jury and bench trials, for Alere Inc., in connection with Alere’s seminal patents on lateral flow immunoassays
• Represented a client in connection with a series of litigations in the United States, Taiwan, Korea and Japan relating to equipment and techniques for semiconductor and LCD manufacturing equipment