IP Law 360

JUNE 9, 2023

California telecom company Viasat Inc. says an attorney's recent move from Shearman & Sterling LLP to Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP bars Gibson Dunn from representing the telecom's opponent , digital storage company Western Digital Technologies, in a Texas federal court patent dispute.

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IP Law 360

JUNE 29, 2023

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP has taken a "cavalier" approach to a conflict arising from its hiring of a Shearman & Sterling LLP attorney, California telecom company Viasat Inc. said in urging a Texas federal court to disqualify the firm from representing digital storage company Western Digital Technologies in a patent dispute.

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IP Law 360

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has left intact numerous claims from a flash memory patent held by communications company Viasat Inc., which is asserting the patent in Texas district court cases against computer companies Western Digital Technologies Inc. and Kioxia Corp.

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IP Law 360

JUNE 22, 2023

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP has taken aim at California telecom company Viasat Inc.'s s bid to disqualify the firm in a Texas federal court patent dispute due to a firm attorney's recent move from Shearman & Sterling LLP, blasting the tactic as a "sword" to "hamstring" its client's defense.

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IP Law 360

JULY 12, 2023

A Texas federal judge on Tuesday sided with Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP in a conflict arising from the firm's hiring of a Shearman & Sterling LLP attorney, which Viasat Inc. claimed barred Gibson Dunn from representing the telecom company's opponent Western Digital Technologies in a patent dispute.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 4, 2023

Parus Holdings, Inc. Apple, Inc., Speir is an Irish company, and Apple is headquartered in California with established businesses in Austin. Viasat, Inc., In this case, Viasat brought a patent infringement suit against Western Digital in WDTX when both companies are headquartered in California.

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