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  • Retained shortly before trial as lead trial counsel to Dell in an eight-week jury trial in civil district court in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, where the plaintiffs sought more than $5 billion in damages under claims for misappropriation of trade secrets, unfair and deceptive trade practices, breach of contract, detrimental reliance and unjust enrichment arising out of Dell’s sale of city-wide wireless video surveillance systems deployed for the detection of crime. The jury awarded the plaintiffs less than 0.2 percent of the requested damages. The award was further reduced post-trial.
  • Represented Mohawk Industries, Inc. in the Northern District of Georgia in litigation alleging violations of federal witness tampering statutes. After the case went to the U.S. Supreme Court, we obtained complete dismissal of all claims on summary judgment.
  • Served as lead counsel for wireless handset manufacturer Nokia Corporation in four separate ITC investigations between Nokia and Apple Inc., as well as three litigations in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, as part of the world’s largest patent war. Dubbed the “smartphone smackdown” by the media, the war involved more than 48 patents-at-issue. In June of 2011, Apple called a truce following the reversal of an administrative law judge’s decision by the ITC. Apple agreed to make a payment to Nokia, and will pay future royalties for the use of Nokia smartphone technology. A Thomson Reuters reporter commented that “Alston has matched Apple’s firepower at each stage of the fight, which entailed claims and counterclaims on more than three dozen Apple and Nokia patents.”
  • Represented Norit Americas Inc., a manufacturer of activated carbon products used to control pollution, in pursuing theft of trade secrets and breach of contract claims against a partner-turned-competitor, resulting in a $37.9 million award, in addition to a continuing royalty stream, after a lengthy arbitration.