Shekhar Vyas

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Of Counsel

  Firm Name

  Fish & Richardson P.C.
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Transactions

  Multimedia Patent Trust and Alcatel-Lucent v. Microsoft (S.D. Cal. 2008). Defended Microsoft against video compression patent asserted by MPT and worked on ten patent counterclaims filed by Microsoft against Alcatel-Lucent. Jury returned a verdict of no infringement and awarded no damages to MPT. Opposing Counsel: Kirkland and Ellis; Lucent v. Microsoft (S.D. Cal. 2006). Defended Microsoft against three speech compression patents in multi-patent case brought by Lucent. Lucent dismissed two of the speech patents before trial. Court granted summary judgment of no infringement on the third speech patent, which was affirmed by the Federal Circuit. Opposing Counsel: Kirkland and Ellis; Toshiba Corporation v. Juniper Networks, Inc et al.(D. Del. 2005). Represented Juniper against Toshiba in assertion of four patents related to router technology. Case won on summary judgment and upheld on appeal. Opposing Counsel: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier, and Neustadt, P.C.; Intel v. Broadcom (D. Del. 2003). Represented Intel in asserting five patents against Broadcom wherein jury returned verdict for Broadcom on two patents, after which Judge granted Intel's motion for new trial and case settled. Opposing Counsel: McDermott, Will, and Emory and Wilson Sonsini, LLP; Bellcore v. FORE Systems (D. Del. 2001). Defended FORE against four ATM and Ethernet patents. Bellcore dismissed two patents prior to trial. After favorable Markman ruling on the two remaining patents, court entered final judgment of no infringement for FORE. Named top defense victory by National Law Journal in 2000. Federal Circuit affirmed one patent and reversed and remanded the other. Case settled after remand. Opposing Counsel: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett, and Dunner, LLP.