Media Mentions
2012
“Amazon Resolves Kindle Patent Feud”
Law360, January 4, 2012
Yar Chaikovsky, Michael Martin and David Beckwith were co-counsel to Amazon.com Inc. in settling a dispute over claims that Amazon’s Kindle e-reader violated several digital communication and network patents.
David M. Beckwith, Yar R. Chaikovsky, Michael F. Martin, Intellectual Property, IP Litigation
2010
David Beckwith discussed for the Daily Transcript (May 7) the substantial increase in litigation filed by plaintiffs alleging that companies have falsely marked a product with an incorrect or expired patent number. “In the past manufacturers would mark products and packaging with the patent numbers and forget about it,” Mr. Beckwith noted, but several federal court decisions imposing per-item fines for false marking with expired patent numbers have prompted numerous individual lawsuits because “it doesn’t cost [plaintiffs] anything to figure out what the patent is for and when it expires.” He advised companies that “if you review your patents periodically then you can mount a defense,” adding that “it’s better to do so before a lawsuit is brought on.”
David M. Beckwith, Intellectual Property, IP Litigation
2009
David Beckwith discussed the recession's effect on patent filings and litigation for The Daily Transcript "Law Week" on April 28. He noted that cost concerns have "led many companies to be more selective in pursuing patent protection for their core technologies, and [to] be more discriminating in the jurisdictions where patent protection is sought." Mr. Beckwith added that companies are also being more selective in pursuing infringement litigation, instead being "more willing to entertain licensing arrangements, so as to avoid the financial statement impact of the significant attorney's fees typically required to pursue a patent infringement lawsuit."
David M. Beckwith, Intellectual Property, Trademark/Brand Protection & Enforcement
2008
David M. Beckwith was quoted in a February 11 article published by the San Diego Business Journal regarding a patent infringement lawsuit set to determine whether patent holders can collect royalties and sue subsequent purchasers of patented goods. As a partner in McDermott's Intellectual Property, Media & Technology Practice Department, Mr. Beckwith stated that the case would affect "likely any area of manufacturing where you are putting limits on how the technology can be used or hope to use it." Regarding the sale of products with contractual restraints, Mr. Beckwith added that "there’s a fairly long history of being able to impose some restrictions of use of what you can do with the patented article."
David M. Beckwith, Intellectual Property
2006
David Beckwith was quoted in the May 19 issue of the San Diego Daily Transcript in an article discussing the recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in eBay v. MercExchange: "The District Court really put a lot of focus on the fact that MercExchange was willing to license and wasn't practicing an invention themselves."
David M. Beckwith, Intellectual Property, IP Litigation
David Beckwith was quoted in the January 11 issue of the San Diego Daily Transcript in an article discussing issues surrounding patent law reform proposed by the U.S. House of Representatives.
David M. Beckwith, Intellectual Property, Patent Prosecution
