L. Kieran Kieckhefer

Kieran’s experience includes representing:

Patent

• The leading AI computing company in a three-patent defensive case pending in the Western District of Texas*
• A computer drive manufacturer and data storage company in:
  • A three-patent offensive competitor case pending in the Northern District of California*
  • A two-patent defensive competitor case involving error correction technology pending in the Western District of Texas*
  • A two-patent case pending in the Western District of Texas involving USB technology*
• Successfully settling a seven-patent case in the Western District of Texas involving semiconductor fabrication technology*
• An aerial geographic mapping data analytics company in:
  • An eight-patent offensive case involving roofing technology pending in the District of Utah*
  • A nine-patent offensive case involving roofing technology pending in the District of Utah*
  • A three-patent offensive case involving roofing technology pending in the District of Delaware*
• A cloud contact center software company in successfully resolving a five-patent infringement action involving call center technology in the Northern District of California*
• A cybersecurity services provider in a patent infringement action on computer networking technologies in the Northern District of California, securing a jury verdict of US$6.4 million in damages and a finding that the opposing party’s infringement was willful and obtaining a permanent injunction against the opposing party*
• A technology company in successfully settling a patent infringement action in the Northern District of California involving computer networking technologies*
• A data and storage company in securing a US$112 million jury award following a three-week trial in a patent, copyright, and trade secret infringement action in the Northern District of California*
• A technology company in a patent infringement case in the Northern District of California regarding a competitor’s assertion of memory technology patents against features incorporated in Joint Electron Devices Engineering Council (JEDEC)-standard dynamic random access memory (DRAM)*

Trade Secrets and Sherman Act

• A global professional services company in an offensive trade secret competitor case pending in the Northern District of Texas*
• A global semiconductor manufacturing company in:
  • An offensive technical trade secrets competitor case pending in California Superior Court*
  • A defensive technical trade secrets competitor case pending in the Northern District of California*
• A workplace wellness company in successfully settling a case in the Central District of California involving trade secret, breach of contract, and violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act claims against a former employee who left the company to join a competitor*
• A memory channel storage company in a three-week jury trial in the Northern District of California concerning storage and memory modules, obtaining a verdict in favor of the client on breach of contract, technical trade secrets, and inventorship claims*
• A manufacturing company in a four-month jury trial in the Central District of California, obtaining a US$88 million verdict based on a finding of willful and malicious misappropriation of trade secrets; the case involved numerous claims, including copyright, trade secret, Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), trademark and trade dress, and unfair competition*
• A semiconductor company in a two-month jury trial in the Northern District of California regarding Sherman Act Section 2 violations alleged against the opposing party*

Breach of Contract and Copyright

• A computational software company in a breach-of-contract and copyright infringement action pending before the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC); successfully resolved similar case*
• A cloud contact center software company in a case involving a breach of contract and related claims against a competitor*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham