Bradford C. Schulz, Ph.D.

Assisted team representing FedEx as petitioner at the PTAB, where the Board invalidated challenged claims of three Intellectual Ventures (IV) patents. After initially appealing the PTAB’s adverse decisions to the Federal Circuit, IV voluntarily dismissed their appeals, leaving intact the decisions invalidating claims from their patents.

Assisted team representing FedEx in several district courts concerning shipping and monitoring asset security.

Achieved a comprehensive victory for respondent Innoscience, a global leader in gallium nitride (GaN) power devices, in a high-profile patent dispute before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC). The ITC’s Final Determination confirms that Innoscience avoided all patent claims asserted by Infineon.

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 royalty-free covenant not to sue from NorthStar for its present and future patent portfolio, which includes patents related to displaying navigation information on electronic maps, mobile devices selectively reporting GPS position information to others, and route-based communication planning architecture and wireless communication. This result was achieved after filing a declaratory judgement as well as IPRs on all claims of all asserted patents, leading to favorable institution decisions.

Represented ASSA ABLOY in a patent litigation in the Eastern District of Texas against NPE Liberty Access, who asserted three patents directed to using smart phones to unlock doors in hotels. Finnegan filed IPRs for each of the asserted patents, and obtained a favorable dismissal before the IPR institution deadline.