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Experience and Background
Steven R. Daniels, a registered patent attorney, represents clients in the United States and Asia in patent, trade secret, trademark, and commercial litigation. He has a strong technical background and experience in a number of industries, including wireless cellular technology, computer software and hardware, gaming devices, pharmaceuticals, and medical devices.
He was a key member of the patent litigation team that defended Gateway, Inc. against Lucent Technologies in the Southern District of California. The Dechert team achieved a number of significant pre-trial rulings in this high-profile dispute, and in 2007, The National Law Journal singled out the case when the publication named Dechert to its annual "Defense Hot List," which recognizes just 10 firms nationally for "exemplary, cutting-edge work in civil defense."
Prior to joining Dechert, Mr. Daniels practiced with several large, international law firms and most recently served as a visiting professor of law at Chungnam National University in Korea, where he taught graduate courses in intellectual property and antitrust law. While in Korea, Mr. Daniels advised the Korean government regarding intellectual property issues likely to arise during the negotiation of the United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement and provided seminars on American intellectual property law to judges and patent examiners of the Korean Intellectual Property Office and the Korean Innovators Forum.
Mr. Daniels worked as a technical writer before starting his legal career.
Bar and Court Admissions
- Member, California, Texas, and Georgia Bars
- Admitted to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Significant Representations
-- Innovative Solutions and Support v. Kollsman, Inc., et al. (U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee). Successfully represented plaintiff Innovative Solutions in trade secret and patent litigation relating to the company's proprietary air data avionic computers. After a four-week jury trial in Memphis, Tennessee, the jury returned a verdict of almost $7 million in favor of ISS. The court awarded willfulness damages and fees, increasing the award to $23 million.
-- Anthurium Solutions Inc. v. Medquist, Inc. et.al. (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas). Defended Medquist in patent case relating to medical transcription services and workflow management systems. Settled.
-- Fotomedia Technologies, LLC v. Tickle, Inc., et al. (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas). Representing Tickle, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Monster Worldwide, in a suit involving patents related to photo sharing software. Pending.
-- Lectec Corp. v. Endo Pharmaceuticals, Inc., et al. (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas). Representing Endo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in a suit involving patents related to adhesive patches used in the delivery of medication. Pending.
-- Saxon Innovations, LLC v. Apple, Inc. et al., (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas). Representing Gateway and Acer in a four-patent case involving wireless networking and computer power management. Pending.
-- Lucent Technologies, Inc., et al. v. Gateway, Inc., et al. (U.S. District Court, Southern District of California). Defended Gateway in 15-patent suit involving MPEG video coding, caller-ID, low bit-rate speech coders, and other computer-related technologies.
-- Linex Technologies, Inc. v. Belkin International, Inc., et al. (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas). Represented Gateway and Lenovo as defendants in a patent suit relating to wireless data communications. Settled.
-- The Quantum World Corporation v. Atmel Corporation; Lenovo (United States) Inc.; Lenovo Group Limited; Winbond Electronics Corporation; Winbond Electronics Corporation America; National Semiconductor Corporation; IBM Corporation (E.D. Tex.). Represented computer-maker Lenovo in a case related to allegations that certain Lenovo products infringed patents related to integrated circuit technology. Settled.
-- Abstrax, Inc. v. Dell, Inc. and Gateway, Inc. (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas). Represented Gateway as defendant in patent suit relating to automated manufacturing methods. The complaint against Gateway was dismissed.
-- Rutgers University v. OnStar Corp. (U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey). Represented OnStar Corporation in a patent dispute concerning the company's navigation system. Settled.
-- Edwards Lifesciences Corporation v. St. Jude Medical (U.S. District Court, Central District of California). Represented Edwards Lifesciences in patent litigation relating to medical devices for heart valve replacement and repair. Settled.
-- Edwards Lifesciences v. Carbomedics (U.S. District Court, District of Delaware). Represented Edwards Lifesciences in patent litigation involving annuloplasty ring delivery systems. Settled.
-- Molecular Biosystems, Inc. v. Nycomed Imaging (U.S. District Court, District of Columbia); Sonus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Molecular Biosystems, Inc. (W.D. Wash.). Represented Molecular Biosystems in multiple patent litigations between three competitors regarding contrast media for ultrasound techniques where infringement, validity, and priority were at issue. Settled.
-- Verizon, Inc. v. Qualcomm, Inc. (U.S. District Court, Southern District of California). Represented Verizon in a patent suit involving cell phone signal acquisition technology. Settled.
-- Packard Bell NEC, Inc. v. CTX International. Inc., PC Channel, Inc., and Chuntex Electronics Co. Ltd. (U.S. District Court, Central District of California). Represented CTX International, PC Channel, and Chuntex Electronics Co. in a five-patent suit involving computer components. Settled.
Education
University of New Mexico, B.A., English, 1987
University of North Carolina M.A., English, 1992, recipient of the Ruth Richardson Fellowship, awarded to graduate student with the best academic performance in the first year
University of North Carolina School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1995, Articles Editor for the North Carolina Law Review, American Jurisprudence Award for Civil Procedure
Publications and Lectures
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