Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. et al

Filing 806

DECLARATION of Michael A. Jacobs in Support of #805 Opposition to Motion for Temporary Relief from the Lead Counsel Meet and Confer Requirement, filed by Apple Inc.. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A)(Related document(s) #805 ) (Jacobs, Michael) (Filed on 3/13/2012) Modified text on 3/14/2012 (dhm, COURT STAFF).

Exhibit A

Michael A. Jacobs | Morrison Foerster

MICHAEL A. JACOBS

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EDUCATION
Stanford University (B.A., 1977)
Yale Law School (J.D., 1983)

PRACTICES
Intellectual Property Litigation
Patent Litigation
Trade Secrets

BAR ADMISSIONS
California

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Michael Jacobs is the co-founder of the firm's
Intellectual Property Practice Group. Mr. Jacobs
concentrates his practice on litigation of hightechnology and intellectual property matters. He has
represented information technology and life sciences
companies in over 25 patent lawsuits, often
prevailing at early stages of the dispute. He has also
handled numerous high-profile arbitrations, several
of which involved the interplay between arbitration
and court proceedings.
Mr. Jacobs' work in several landmark cases has
helped to shape the laws governing emerging
technologies. Early in his career, he led the technical
team that represented Fujitsu in its landmark
operating system software arbitration with
IBM. He represents Novell in the widely-reported
SCO v. Novell litigation. After a three-week trial in
the case in March 2010, the jury affirmed Novell's
ownership of the UNIX software code and rejected
SCO's claim for damages of hundreds of millions of
dollars. The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals recently
affirmed the district court’s judgment. He currently
represents Oracle in its intellectual property dispute
with Google over the Android operating system.
Before starting his legal career, Mr. Jacobs held
assignments with the United States Foreign Service
in Kingston, Jamaica and Washington, D.C.
While earning his J.D., Mr. Jacobs was a Senior
Editor of The Yale Law Journal and co-founded the
Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights
Law Project. He currently teaches Trade Secrets at
UC Berkeley Law School.
Elan Pharma International, Ltd. v. Abraxis
Bioscience
(District of Delaware). Represented Abraxis BioScience,
Inc., in defending its lead product, Abraxane, against
claims by Elan Pharmaceutical International, Ltd., of
infringing Elan’s patents for coated nanoparticles used
to deliver paclitaxel for the treatment of metastatic
breast cancer. This was the first nanotechnology patent
case taken to jury trial. The case was settled in 2011.

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SCO Group v. Novell
(District of Utah). Prevailed in three-week jury trial
in Salt Lake City when a jury determined that Novell
owned the copyrights to the UNIX computer operating
system. (2010) In an earlier trial, won multi-million
dollar award for Novell based on its right to royalty
payments from UNIX software licenses granted by SCO.
(2008)

Autodesk v. SolidWorks
(Northern District of California). Represented Autodesk
in trademark infringement action relating to protectibility
of Autodesk’s “DWG” mark. Obtained consent judgment
of trademark validity as part of settlement.

Monec v. Apple
(Eastern District of Virginia). Defeated plaintiff on
summary judgment in patent infringement lawsuit
related to iPhone. Case resolved while plaintiff’s Federal
Circuit appeal was pending.

Media Queue v. Netflix
(Northern District of California). Defeated plaintiff on
summary judgment in patent infringement lawsuit
related to the Netflix DVD “queue.” Currently
representing Netflix in plaintiff’s Federal Circuit appeal.

Notal v. Carl Zeiss Meditec
(AAA/ICDR). Won nearly $10M award for plaintiff in
ophthalmologic medical equipment dispute.

Tap v. QLT
(Northern District of Illinois). Settled case in damages
phase after liability was established under previous
counsel in resorbable polymer patent infringement
action brought against client QLT, a biopharmaceutical
company.

Vernor v. Autodesk
(Western District of Washington; Ninth
Circuit). Represented Autodesk in Ninth Circuit appeal
of a ruling regarding software licensing and the first-sale
doctrine under copyright law. Brought in to defend
Autodesk after motion to dismiss was denied. In
October 2011, the U.S. Supreme Court denied Vernor's
cert petition, preserving the Ninth Circuit court's ruling.

Fantasy Sports Properties Inc. v. Yahoo!
(Eastern District of Virginia; Federal Circuit). Prevailed
on Federal Circuit appeal after winning early motion for

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summary judgment of non-infringement on behalf of
Yahoo! in patent infringement suit involving
computerized fantasy football games. Successfully
represented and currently representing Yahoo! in other
patent infringement actions.

Minebea Co. v. Think Outside
(Southern District of California; Federal Circuit). Won
affirmance in the Federal Circuit of summary judgment
victory on behalf of portable keyboard designer Think
Outside in a patent infringement action involving Think
Outside's stowaway portable keyboard.

Neuralstem v. Reneuron
(Central District of California). Represented U.K.based defendant in trade secret and material
transfer agreement dispute involving stem cell
technology. Case settled shortly before trial.

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