Gabriel S. Gross

Mr. Gross’ experience includes the following:

• Trial counsel for a global leader in computers and mobile electronics in patent infringement actions against two non-practicing entities. Resolved both cases successfully, including by invalidating several of one NPE’s patents through IPR at the Patent Office.
• Trial counsel for a leading exercise equipment and media company in patent infringement actions against competitors in the District of Delaware and Western District of Texas.
• Lead counsel for Acme United Corporation in a patent infringement and breach of contract action against Slice, Inc. relating to ceramic blade cutting products in the District of New Jersey. Obtained favorable resolution.
• Co-lead counsel for Codexis, Inc. in a case about patent infringement, trade secret misappropriation, breach of contract, and other claims against competitor EnzymeWorks, Inc., relating to biocatalysis, in the Northern District of California. Obtained consent judgment of infringement, contempt of court finding, and attorneys’ fees.
• Trial counsel for LG Chem in trade secret dispute at the ITC relating to electric vehicle batteries. Won default judgment and a contempt finding based on Respondents’ spoliation of evidence.
• Lead counsel for Acme United Corporation in a trademark, trade dress, and breach of contract claim brought by Slice, Inc. relating to ceramic blade cutting products in the Northern District of California. Obtained favorable resolution.
• Lead counsel for Corcept Therapeutics, Inc. in a trade secret and breach of contract action against services provider, in the Delaware Court of Chancery. Obtained favorable resolution.
• Trial counsel for Envia Systems, an innovator in lithium ion battery technology, in a trade secret action brought by competitor NanoeXa, and obtained favorable resolution.
• Trial counsel for Medivation, Inc. against the University of California in dispute over a license agreement pertaining to a cancer drug, in Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco. Obtained favorable resolution.
• Lead counsel for drug delivery company Mati Therapeutics in a breach of contract action over services relating to clinical trials, in the Southern District of New York. Obtained favorable resolution.
• Won jury verdict for TransPerfect in a multi-patent infringement case between competitors in the Northern District of California. The jury found competitor’s patents invalid and not infringed, and that TransPerfect’s patent was valid and infringed.
• Represented Arista Networks in a series of patent disputes against Cisco Systems over network switching technologies before the U.S. International Trade Commission and U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Obtained favorable resolution.
• Won summary judgment of non-infringement of two patents asserted against Genentech’s blockbuster cancer medicines, which was affirmed on appeal in all respects. Obtained writ of mandamus ordering transfer of a patent infringement case from the Eastern District of Texas to the Northern District of California.*
• Successfully represented Roche against Stanford University in patent case involving HIV diagnostic test kits, winning summary judgment of patent invalidity for obviousness.*
• Represented Monster, Inc. in a trademark infringement action against Dolby to protect Monster’s branding of high-performance headphones, in the Northern District of California, and obtained favorable resolution.*
• Represented General Electric Co. against University of Virginia in patent case involving MRI technologies in the Western District of Virginia, obtained partial summary judgment of no liability, and favorable resolution.*
• Represented Yahoo! against Blue Spike in a patent infringement case involving technology for signal recognition and identification of digital information, in the Eastern District of Texas, and obtained favorable resolution.*
• Obtained complete defense victory for Jawbone in the Northern District of California, winning summary judgments of non-infringement and invalidity of patent asserted by competitor Plantronics against Jawbone’s Bluetooth headsets.*
• Represented Zynga Game Network in bringing copyright infringement action competitor to enforce rights in computer code, in the Northern District of California, and obtained favorable resolution.*

Exemplary Reported Decisions

• Notice of Commission’s Final Determination Finding Violation of Section 337 (LG Chem v. SK Innovation), Inv. No. 337-TA-1159 (USITC 2021)
• Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH v. Genentech, Inc., 473 Fed. Appx. 885 (Fed. Cir. 2012).
• University of Virginia Patent Foundation v. General Electric Co., 755 F. Supp. 2d 709 (W.D. Va. 2010).
• In re Genentech, 566 F.3d 1338 (Fed. Cir. 2009).
• Bd. of Trustees of Leland Stanford Jr. Univ. v. Roche Molecular Systems, Inc., 563 F. Supp. 2d 1016 (N.D. Cal. 2008).
• Acme United Corp. v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co., 214 Fed. Appx. 596 (7th Cir. 2007).

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham