Many cases are settled right before going to trial, with some rather substantial judgements.

Intergraph v. Dell, Hewlett-Packard Co. and Gateway Inc.: Represented Intergraph Corp. in patent litigation involving microprocessor system design in a case venued in East Texas. Recovered a total of 440 million dollars in settlements as follows:

• Hewlett-Packard $141 million, with cross licenses;
• Dell/Intel $225 million;
• Gateway $12 million plus ongoing royalties;
• AMD $15 million plus potential future royalty profits;
• IBM $10 million plus a license to IBM’s portfolio;
• Fujitsu $9.75 million;
• Sony $15 million;
• Acer $7.5 million; and
• Other licenses

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