About David L. Witcoff
Practice Areas
- Intellectual Property
- Trademarks
- Patent
- Science & Technology Law
Education
- University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, Berkeley, California, 1982J.D.
- University of California, Berkeley, CaliforniaB.S.
- Major: Electrical Engineering
- Honors: With Distinction
Representative Cases
- Audio DigitalImaging wins restraining order against Samsung for misappropriation of trade secrets (2009)
- CTS defends against patent infringement charges relating to automotive engine circuitry
- DESA successfully defends against patent infringement claims involving Fresnel lens technology
- DESA, Home Depot, Lowe's, and Northern Tool prevail in patent infringement action involving tree trimming chain saw
- Eastern Company obtains injunction in action involving the manufacture of combination padlocks (2009)
- Fisher-Price defends against patent infringement action over baby monitors
- Freescale and Everspin defend against infringement allegations related to semiconductor technology (2011)
- Freescale and Interphase defend against patent infringement allegations over semiconductor technology (2011)
- Freescale and Motorola defend against patent infringement claims brought by Panasonic before the ITC (2011)
- Freescale and Motorola defend against patent infringement claims filed by Panasonic involving semiconductor technologies (2011)
- Freescale defends against claims of patent infringement brought by Tessera before the ITC (2009)
- Freescale defends against claims of patent infringement relating to semiconductor technology (2009)
- Freescale defends against ITC patent infringement investigation involving process for making integrated circuits (2009)
- Freescale defends against patent infringement action brought by Advanced Data Access (2012)
- Freescale defends against patent infringement action by Stragent over information sharing technology (2011)
- Freescale defends against patent infringement action related to driving circuits for RAMs (2012)
- Freescale defends against patent infringement action related to methods of wireless data transmission (2012)
- Freescale defends against patent infringement action related to salicided MOS devices (2012)
- Freescale defends against patent infringement allegations brought by MEMTech over semiconductor technology (2011)
- Freescale defends against patent infringement claim over amplifier technology (2011)
- Freescale defends against patent infringement claims by Optimum Processing Solutions over processor technology (2009)
- Freescale defends infringement claims by Stragent over patents relating to CRC protocols in network processors (2011)
- Freescale defends patent infringement claims by Stragent involving network processors (2011)
- Freescale faces off with Keranos in patent infringement disputes over EPROM technology (2011)
- Freescale files patent infringement suit against ProMOS for semiconductor processes and circuits (2009)
- GM et al. defeat patent infringement claim involving internet operations (2009)
- Goodrich defends against oppositions to trademark registration of color orange for fire sprinkler systems
- Heatcraft defends against patent infringement action related to display case refrigeration methods (2012)
- HON Technology defends against trademark infringement claims involving office furniture
- IBM and Dell defend against patent infringement charges involving hardware and software for displaying graphics (2009)
- IBM defends against infringement charges over computer mouse patent (2009)
- IBM defends against patent infringement charges over detectors for defective floppy diskette controllers (2009)
- IBM defends against patent infringement charges over updating e-catalog information (2009)
- IBM defends against patent infringement charges relating to communications system (2009)
- IBM defends against patent infringement charges relating to data management on computer networks (2009)
- IBM defends against patent infringement charges relating to soliciting and receiving Internet donations (2009)
- IBM defends against patent infringement claims concerning electronic credit card transactions (2009)
- IBM settles favorably in patent infringement case against Amazon.com involving data storage and presentation (2009)
- IBM settles favorably in patent infringement case against Amazon.com involving electronic ordering systems (2009)
- IBM successfully enforces e-commerce patents against Amazon.com (2009)
- Interlake defends against patent infringement charges involving push-back rack systems
- Kodak, Motorola, Texas Instruments win and sustain summary judgment of noninfringement involving computer product patents (2009)
- Kyocera defends patent infringement suit by Imperium (IP) Holdings involving CMOS image sensor technology (2011)
- Lands' End disputes various copyright, trademark, false advertising, and unfair competition charges
- Micron Technology resolves patent infringement suit over semiconductor packaging for DRAMs (2009)
- Motorola and Freescale defend against patent infringement allegations related to the operation of semiconductor fabrication plants (2009)
- Motorola and Freescale resolve patent infringement suit brought by Analog Devices involving microchip fabrication (2009)
- Motorola and Freescale resolve patent suit with STMicroelectronics over 12 semiconductor patents (2009)
- Motorola defends against patent infringement allegations over semiconductor manufacturing processes (2009)
- Motorola defends against patent infringement charges involving digital video recorders (2009)
- Motorola defends against patent infringement charges over RAZR® cell phones (2009)
- Motorola settles patent infringement suit with Zoltar involving self-locating cellular GPS technology (2009)
- Motorola stands up to patent infringement claims by ITT Manufacturing Enterprises involving cell phone GPS technology (2009)
- Nikon defends against patent infringement action involving communications between digital cameras and personal computers (2009)
- Nikon defends against patent infringement allegations relating to flash memories in handheld recording devices and memory management methods (2009)
- Nikon successfully defends against claims of patent infringement by Caltech (2009)
- Orban obtains TRO and injunctive relief in trademark infringement suit involving audio signal processors
- Parker Hannifin answers patent infringement charges by Firepass involving airplane fuel tank systems (2009)
- Silvadec defends against breach of license allegations (2012)
- Sprint defends allegations of patent infringement by MSTG regarding technology for wireless cellular communication
- Sprint Nextel and AT&T successfully defend against claims of patent infringement brought by Dicam over handheld personal security system
- Texas Instruments resolves patent dispute with Samsung and settles for $1.1 billion in royalties (2009)
- Texas Instruments resolves series of disputes with Hyundai Electronics over semiconductor patents (2009)
- Videx asserts patent infringement claim over electronic access control technology (2012)
- Videx responds to patent infringement allegations related to electronic lock system technology (2012)
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Illinois
- California
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois Trial Bar
- U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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