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Law Practice

Oct. 31, 2008

MoFo Lawyer Gets Big Patent Win for Pioneer

"This is one of the strongest patent cases I've ever had," Morrison & Foerster partner Harold McElhinny of San Francisco said of the lawsuit Pioneer filed against Samsung over plasma TV technology.

By Craig Anderson
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN JOSE - A team of Morrison & Foerster lawyers persuaded a Texas jury to decide that Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and its affiliates willfully infringed two plasma television patents and award $59.3 million in damages.

After an eight day trial, the jury took four hours to find in favor of Tokyo-based Pioneer Corp., which was represented at trial by Morrison & Foerster partner Harold McElhinny ...

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