Christopher DeCoro, Ph.D.

Berall v. Verathon; Berall v. Teleflex. Representing individual inventor in 13-year patent litigation over a life-saving medical device known as a video laryngoscope. Reached a $45 million settlement with one defendant; litigation continues against a second defendant, with trial expected in 2024.

Ericsson v. Lenovo & Motorola. Represented Lenovo and Motorola in defensive ITC investigation brought by Ericsson regarding allegedly standards-essential patents on 5G wireless technologies. Pending decision by ALJ.

PACT v. Intel. Currently representing Intel in litigation regarding aspects of CPU architecture, including high-speed bus interconnects. Drafted successful motion for summary judgment of non-infringement on final remaining asserted patent, resulting in a complete defense judgment for Intel. Currently on appeal.

Netgear v. TP-Link. Representing TP-Link in ITC investigation regarding mesh Wi-Fi technologies.

Unisys v. Atos. Currently representing Unisys in trade secret misappropriation litigation against competitor and former employees; closely involved with computer forensic aspects of the litigation.

Techiya v. Samsung. Currently representing Samsung in patent litigation action, with respect to trade secret counterclaims brought by Samsung against certain former employees.

Caltech v. Samsung. Represented Samsung in litigation brought by Caltech regarding encoding methods used in Wi-Fi products.

AMO Development LLC v. Alcon LenSx, Inc. Represented Alcon LenSx in copyright litigation regarding allocations that it had infringed plaintiff’s copyrights in the development of equipment for laser cataract surgery.

Greenthread v. Intel. Represented Intel in litigation regarding semiconductor fabrication technology for high-speed transistors and flash memory.

Longhorn v. Intel. Represented Intel in litigation regarding semiconductor fabrication technology for FinFET transistors.

Red Hat, Inc. v. Valtrus Innovations, LLC. Represented Red Hat in a declaratory judgment and tortious interference action against patent-assertion entity that had raised threats of infringement against Red Hat customers, for technologies related to computer networking and operating systems implementation.

Red Hat, Inc. v. Invention Investment Ireland, LLC. Represented Red Hat in a declaratory judgment action against an Intellectual Ventures-associated patent assertion entity on patents related to cloud computing, and successfully achieved a highly favorable settlement for client.

Red Hat, Inc. & IBM v. Sequoia Technologies, Inc; Sequoia v. HPE, Hitachi, and Super Micro. Represented Red Hat, IBM, and their customers in defensive action against patent assertion entity on a patent related to storage management. Achieved favorable claim construction that forced patentee to stipulate to non-infringement, which was affirmed on appeal.

Volkswagen Diesel Emissions Litigation. Technical lead on all aspects of VW’s response to EPA enforcement proceedings related to allegations of emissions-testing defeat devices in diesel engines. Had primary responsibility for interviewing engineers and reviewing technical documentation (both in English and in German) regarding VW’s engine-control software and emissions-control devices, as well as drafting technical disclosures to EPA documenting the functionality of the cars at issue.

Ericsson Inc. v. Samsung Electronics, Co. Ltd. Represented Samsung in standards-essential patent litigation brought by Ericsson related to 5G wireless communications standards.

RetailMeNot, Inc. v. Honey Science LLC. Represented RetailMeNot in a multi-patent litigation in the District of Delaware concerning e-commerce transaction technologies. Also represented RetailMeNot in parallel proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.

PayPal, Inc. v. RetailMeNot, Inc. Represented RetailMeNot in a multi-patent litigation in the Western District of Texas concerning e-commerce transaction technologies.

Hytera Corp. v. Motorola Solutions Inc. Represented Motorola in defensive patent litigation in N.D. Ohio brought by competitor, alleging Motorola’s two-way radios infringe audio-processing patent. Achieved summary judgment of non-infringement.

Samsung v. NVIDIA. Represented Samsung before the International Trade Commission (ITC) in a trial alleging infringement of patented manufacturing technology for small-sized devices. Responsible for two patents from complaint through trial. After a two-week trial, the Court ruled in favor of client and recommended an exclusion order barring importation of infringing products. Also represented before the US Patent and Trademark Office in connection with inter partes review of the patents asserted in the ITC.

Sycamore Technologies LLC v. AT&T Corp. Represented AT&T in defensive patent litigation in E.D. Texas regarding encodings for optical communications. Primarily responsible for technical analysis, non-infringement, and invalidity. Achieved summary judgment of non-infringement for an allegedly standards-essential patent after a favorable claim construction, which was affirmed on appeal.

IPCS v. AT&T Corp. Represented telecommunications provider in defensive patent litigation in D. Delaware regarding Voice-over-IP technologies. Primarily responsible for technical analysis, non-infringement, and validity.

Provides pre-litigation and patent prosecution advice and analysis for prominent computer-technology companies considering patent infringement actions against competitors.

Represented veteran pro bono before Dept. of Veterans Affairs, achieving compensation for injuries suffered during active duty, thus reversing 37-year-old wrongful denial of compensation.

Associate, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP (New York), 2012–2013