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Barnes & Thornburg

12 case appearances — 4 as plaintiff counsel · 8 as defendant counsel.

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Roles

Lead Counsel9
Counsel9
lead counsel7
counsel5
local counsel1
Counsel, Life Sciences Co-Chair1
Back-Up Counsel1
Attorney of Record1

Cases (12)

Δ defendantAbbott Laboratories et al. v. Miracor Medical SAJoshua P. Larsen · Lead Counsel
Δ defendantAbbott Laboratories et al. v. Miracor Medical SA BelgiumJoshua P. Larsen · Lead Counsel
Δ defendantABBOTT LABORATORIES et al. v. Miracor Medical SA BelgiumJoshua P. Larsen · Lead Counsel
Δ defendantAbbott Laboratories v. Miracor Medical SAJoshua P. Larsen · lead counsel
Δ defendantCisco Systems, Inc. et al. v. Intelligent Protection Management Corp.Chad S.C. Stover · local counsel
Δ defendantMesa Digital LLC v. Lenovo (United States) Inc.Adam R. Altsuler · counsel
π plaintiffMiracor Medical SA v. Abbott Laboratories et al.Joshua P. Larsen · Lead Counsel
Δ defendantMPHJ Technology Investments, LLC v. J.C. Penney Company, Inc.Mark C. Nelson · lead counsel
Δ defendantUnified Patents v. Miracor Medical SA et al.Joshua P. Larsen · Lead Counsel
π plaintiffUntitled caseTodd G. Vare · lead counsel
π plaintiffUntitled caseTodd G. Vare · Lead Counsel
π plaintiffUntitled caseTodd G. Vare · counsel

Further reading

TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC (2017)
Pre-TC Heartland, plaintiffs sued in plaintiff-friendly E.D. Tex. by default. Post-TC Heartland, venue is a real defense — and Delaware is where most U.S. patent cases land.
Non-Practicing Entity (NPE) lawsuit defense: a defendant's playbook
Defending an NPE suit is different from defending a competitor's suit. The asymmetries cut both ways — and the right plays exploit the ones that favor the defendant.
Markman v. Westview Instruments, Inc. (1996)
Claim construction is exclusively the court's job. The Markman hearing is the most consequential single ruling in nearly every patent case — and a defendant's best chance to end the litigation before trial.
How to read a patent claim chart
The claim chart is where the plaintiff's case actually lives. The complaint is a pitch deck; the chart is the homework — and most patent troll homework doesn't survive a careful read.
Festo Corp. v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co. (2002)
Narrow your claim during prosecution and you presumptively give up the equivalents in between. The presumption is rebuttable, but in practice the prosecution history is a defendant's gold mine.

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