Benjamin A. Saidman

Represented Intuitive Surgical Operations on appeals from petitions for inter partes review (IPR) filed by Auris Health, Inc.

Represented patent owner in a series of inter partes review challenges and related appeals to pioneering technology on next-generation aircraft engines. Successfully secured non-institution of several proceedings and claims, and in several cases that proceeded to final written decision, persuaded the Board to confirm some or all of the challenged claims.

Represented patent owner Zimmer in litigation involving surgical waste management and defended Zimmer against a counterclaim. The case settled favorably right before trial.

Argued in one appeal, served as backup counsel in another Federal Circuit appeal, and further served as backup counsel in multiple inter partes reviews on patent owner Engineered Corrosion Solutions’ innovative corrosion-prevention technology for fire protection systems.

Obtained complete victory against Carrum on appeal of the District of Delaware’s claim construction to the Federal Circuit following Carrum’s stipulation of non-infringement under the claim construction, thereby exonerating BMW’s ACC system, first sold in 2000, against Carrum’s 2004 patents. Invalidated several asserted claims through post-grant efforts before the U.S. Patent Office, including IPRs and EPRs, and pursued claims through proceedings before the Eastern District of Virginia to vindicate BMW’s patent challenges.

Secured a covenant-not-to-sue and zero-dollar walkaway for BMW Group in a declaratory judgment action, concluding Arigna’s high-profile patent enforcement campaign involving current amplification technology. This outcome follows a decisive ITC victory, the dismissal of parallel District Court litigation, and multiple concurrent patent office challenges pending at the time of resolution.