Jeffrey L. Arrington

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Jeffrey L. Arrington — patent litigation summary

Specialty / focus. Arrington is a generalist IP litigator whose tracked patent work sits in the life-sciences/genomics space (the Incyte/Affymetrix microarray and RNA-amplification dispute) alongside a long history in computer hardware and software. His current Morgan Lewis bio states that his practice now focuses on Hatch-Waxman and BPCIA (biologics) litigation, and lists past engagements involving pharmaceuticals, computer products, and digital communications. His earliest prominent patent case, Stac Electronics v. Microsoft, was a software/data-compression matter — the technology mix runs from molecular biology to operating-system software rather than a single technical lane.

Side preference. The authoritative case list shows a purely defense-side docket: 2 of 2 tracked appearances for defendant Affymetrix, both in Incyte Genomics, Inc. v. Affymetrix, Inc. (N.D. Cal., Case No. C 01-20065 JF), one as counsel of record and one as trial counsel. That defense orientation is consistent with his later client list of operating companies (Affymetrix, HTC, TiVo, GSK, HP, Broadcom, APP Pharmaceuticals) rather than NPE/PAE plaintiffs. Note the caveat that his best-known win came on the plaintiff side — he was named Irell & Manella counsel for Stac Electronics on the January 1993 complaint — so his career is best described as defense-leaning but not exclusively defense.

Firm context. Arrington is currently Of Counsel at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, practicing out of the firm's Los Angeles/Santa Monica offices (State Bar of California No. 139435, admitted March 2, 1989). Before Morgan Lewis he was Of Counsel at Bingham McCutchen LLP in Santa Monica, listing intellectual property, IP litigation, and patent prosecution, and earlier in his career he was at Irell & Manella, where both tracked appearances are recorded. His Morgan Lewis bio notes prior Of Counsel roles at other AmLaw 100 firms.

Notable cases / outcomes. His most prominent result is Stac Electronics v. Microsoft (C.D. Cal.): a February 23, 1994 jury verdict of $120 million against Microsoft per contemporaneous press reports (his Morgan Lewis bio cites $108 million — the two figures are not reconciled in public sources), followed by a June 1994 permanent injunction barring Microsoft from selling MS-DOS 6.0 with DoubleSpace, then a June 1994 settlement under which Microsoft paid roughly $43 million in license fees and bought about $40 million of Stac preferred stock, superseding the verdict; the same jury awarded Microsoft $13.6 million on its trade-secret counterclaim. In the tracked Affymetrix matter, he was on the defense side of a mixed-outcome case: Incyte obtained partial summary judgment of non-infringement of the '934 patent and certain '305 claims and of invalidity of the '992 patent claims, and the litigation ended in a December 21, 2001 comprehensive settlement with cross-licenses, dismissal of all claims, and a $4.5 million past-damages payment to Incyte. His firm bio also credits him with a bench verdict for APP Pharmaceuticals in a Hatch-Waxman action; those additional representations are self-described, not independently verified here.

PTAB / IPR. No IPR, PGR, or CBM proceedings in his name were located in the searches performed; his documented patent-track record is district-court litigation, including a USPTO interference-era dispute, and his practice predates the AIA trial proceedings. This should be treated as unverified rather than a confirmed absence — PTAB filings are often listed under co-counsel of record.

Bar / education. California bar (1989); Loyola Law School, J.D. 1988 (Editor-in-Chief, Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review); University of Utah, B.S. 1985.

Disambiguation note: these facts tie to Jeffrey Lawrence Arrington, California bar No. 139435 (Loyola '88, University of Utah '85), whose firm history (Irell & Manella → Bingham McCutchen → Morgan Lewis) matches the Irell appearances in the tracked case list. A same-surname but unrelated attorney ("Jeffrey Bingham") appeared in search results and is not this person.