Media Mentions
2011
“McDermott Helps Extreme Networks Defeat Patent Infringement Claims”
The Recorder, November 8, 2011
David Dolkas, who led a McDermott team that successfully defeated patent infringement claims in Wisconsin federal court against client Extreme Networks, attributed the good courtroom result to “the importance of effective teaching in patent cases. I really do believe these cases come down to who teaches best, because it’s complicated and jurors’ eyes roll when they realize they’re on a patent case.” Other lawyers on the McDermott team included Terrence McMahon, Margaret Duncan, David Larson and Keith Stolte.
David Henry Dolkas, Margaret M. Duncan, David L. Larson, Terrence P. McMahon, Keith M. Stolte, Intellectual Property, IP Litigation
“Networking Co. Extreme Didn’t Violate Switch IP, Jury Says”
Law360, November 8, 2011
David Dolkas said he and his client, Extreme Networks, were “delighted” that a Wisconsin federal court jury found Extreme did not infringe a patent covering network switches. Calling the lawsuit “years’ worth of meritless litigation,” Mr. Dolkas added that “charges of patent infringement against a large product family can be particularly harmful to any company’s bottom line.” Margaret Duncan, David Larson, Keith Stolte, Terrence McMahon and Ryan Phelan were other McDermott counsel for Extreme.
David Henry Dolkas, Margaret M. Duncan, David L. Larson, Terrence P. McMahon, Ryan N. Phelan, Keith M. Stolte, Intellectual Property, IP Litigation
“Qualcomm, Spansion Take Chip Patent Row to High Court”
Law360, August 8, 2011
Terrence McMahon, David Dolkas, David Larson, Daniel Foster, Peter Siavelis and Matthew Gryzlo are co-counsel representing Qualcomm, Inc. as one of two companies seeking a writ of certiorari for the U.S. Supreme Court to hear an appeal of an International Trade Commission patent infringement finding. The certiorari petition holds that the ITC decision on semiconductor chips, upheld by the Federal Circuit, is at odds with the Supreme Court’s recent Global-Tech opinion.
David Henry Dolkas, Daniel R. Foster, Matthew J. Gryzlo, David L. Larson, Terrence P. McMahon, Peter M. Siavelis, Intellectual Property
"Common Touch”
SuperLawyers (Northern California), 2011
Terrence McMahon was featured in this cover story, which called him “one of the nation’s top intellectual property attorneys” and “one of the most sought-after IP attorneys in the state” of California, saying he “is renowned for mesmerizing jurors” and praising him for his “common touch.” Mr. McMahon himself said in describing his practice, “I assume everything will go to court and I will have to prove everything I need to prove. It’s get-your-hands-dirty work… I’m tough, but fair.”
To read the full article click here.
Terrence P. McMahon, Intellectual Property
“Intellectual Property Pioneer Has Matlock-Like Instincts”
San Jose Business Journal, April 15, 2011
Terrence P. McMahon was described as “a leader in intellectual property law for high-tech companies” for his 35 years representing such giants as Apple, Atari, Broadcom and Advanced Micro Devices in litigation.
Terrence P. McMahon, Intellectual Property
“Top Intellectual Property Lawyers: Terrence McMahon”
Daily Journal, April 6, 2011
Terrence McMahon’s designation as a top California IP lawyer reflects his three decades of practice in Silicon Valley, combined with a nationwide practice in patent litigation. “Cases regularly sweep him across the country,” the Daily Journal noted, including recent successful infringement defense of software maker Sybase Inc. in Virginia federal court, and a favorable settlement for Research Corporation Technologies Inc. in a 10-year Arizona court battle against Microsoft. Please click here to view the article.
Terrence P. McMahon, Intellectual Property
2010
Terrence McMahon and Peter Sacripanti were quoted (April 26) in stories covering the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit's reversal of a federal district court's imposition of sanctions and fees against McDermott for the Firm's handling of a patent infringement lawsuit. Mr. McMahon, lead attorney in lawsuit, expressed pleasure in the Federal Circuit's finding that "we engaged in proper and zealous advocacy on behalf of our client, Medtronic." As co-chair of the Firm, Mr. Sacripanti added that "we believe in giving 100 percent for our clients, but always within legal and ethical guidelines," and praised McDermott's Medtronic team as "excellent trial lawyers who are committed to giving our clients the best possible representation within the bounds of ethical advocacy..." The stories appeared in Above the Law, AmLaw Daily, Blog of Legal Times, Law.com, The National Law Journal and The Recorder.
Terrence P. McMahon, Peter John Sacripanti, Intellectual Property, IP Litigation
Terrence McMahon was quoted on April 28 by JD Journal concerning the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals reversal of a district court’s sanctions against McDermott for litigation tactics in a 2008 patent infringement representation of Medtronic. “This is a complete vindication of the trial work that we did for Medtronic, and I’m pleased that the Federal Circuit has concluded that we engaged in proper and zealous advocacy,” Mr. McMahon said. In an April 29 Broward Daily Business Review summary of the matter, Mr. McMahon added that he was “delighted” by the Federal Circuit Court’s decision.
Terrence P. McMahon, Intellectual Property, IP Litigation
Terrence McMahon commented on the Federal Circuit’s reversal of a federal district court’s sanctions against McDermott in April 27 interviews. Mr. McMahon, lead attorney in the Medtronic patent infringement lawsuit that was the target of the district court’s action, told Law360 that the Federal Circuit’s ruling was “a vindication for all trial lawyers who assertively and fairly advocate on behalf of their clients.” To Law.com he added of the Federal Court’s action, “This is a complete vindication of the trial work that we did for Medtronic, and I’m pleased that the Federal Circuit has concluded that we engaged in proper and zealous advocacy.”
Terrence P. McMahon, Peter John Sacripanti, Intellectual Property, IP Litigation
2009
Terrence McMahon was quoted in The Recorder on November 23 concerning a U.S. Magistrate Judge’s reversal of his own preliminary injunction, which initially went against his client in a patent infringement case. The judge said that after more briefing by both sides he decided against issuing the injunction, leading Mr. McMahon to comment: “We said we were going to pursue this vigorously and we did. We are extremely pleased.”
Terrence P. McMahon, Intellectual Property, IP Litigation
2008
Terrence P. McMahon was quoted on November 5 by Law360 in an article regarding a ruling from Judge Barbara B. Crabb in which she granted part of Extreme Networks' request for a permanent injunction against Enterasys Networks. The court ordered Enterasys to stop selling three types of routers that were found to infringe Extreme patents. "That was our real focus, so we're delighted with the judge's ruling in that regard, and this was indeed a hard-fought case on both sides," said Mr. McMahon.
Terrence P. McMahon, Intellectual Property, IP Litigation
Terrence P. McMahon was quoted in the October 13 issue of The Daily Business Review in an article regarding the effect of the financial crisis on companies and their patent assets. Mr. McMahon noted that many companies are reviewing their patent assets, looking for new ways to make money and to ensure that assets are protected from rivals. "They're looking at their patent portfolios to monetize them or to make them a source of profits," said Mr. McMahon.
Terrence P. McMahon, Intellectual Property
McDermott Will & Emery's Intellectual Property, Media & Technology Department was featured in IP Law360 on September 3. The article discusses the Intellectual Property Department, highlights some of the Firm's recent accomplishments and includes comments on some of the trends of IP. To view the entire article click here.
Terrence P. McMahon, Intellectual Property, IP Litigation, Patent Prosecution
On September 1 McDermott Will & Emery was profiled in The National Law Journal in an article titled, "McDermott's IP litigation team tallies jury trial wins." The article highlights McDermott's intellectual property litigation team including, Sarah Columbia, Joel Freed, Terry McMahon and Fay Morisseau, "rack[ing] up five mainly favorable jury trial verdicts in the course of five months in five different federal districts." The article notes, "...[I]t's an unusual string of results in an era when most cases don't even go to trial. The trials took place in federal courts in California, Delaware, Massachusetts, Texas and Wisconsin." Mr. Morisseau commented, "What we do better than anyone else in the country is we work across offices to pull the people with the skills needed and we are not hesitant to take a case to trial."
Sarah Chapin Columbia, Joel M. Freed, Terrence P. McMahon, Fay Morisseau, Intellectual Property, IP Litigation
Terrence P. McMahon was quoted in the August 4 issue of The Recorder in an article regarding the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit's removal of U.S. District Judge Manuel Real from a patent infringement case. The Federal Circuit threw out Microsoft's 2006 win over Research Corporation Technologies (RCT), reversing Real's decision declaring RCT's patents unenforceable and tossing his orders that found the patents invalid and non-infringing. Mr. McMahon, who represented RCT before Judge Real, said he was happy to get a new judge on the case. "It was clear that he had a point of view and we disagreed with it – we tried the case and he cut us off at every pass. I've never had something like this in my whole career, and I hope I never do again," he said. "A new day has dawned. Everything that Judge Real did has been erased," he added.
Terrence P. McMahon, Intellectual Property, IP Litigation
2007
Gordon Greenberg and Terrence McMahon have been recongnized in the Who's Who Legal: California 2007 edition. Who’s Who Legal: California recognizes 725 leading private practitioners in 25 distinct practice areas. Gordon Greenberg has been recognized for his business crime practice, while Terrence McMahon has been recognized for his patent practice.
Gordon A. Greenberg, Terrence P. McMahon, Intellectual Property, Trial
Terrence P. McMahon and William Gaede were featured in the February 2007 issue of IP Law & Business in a two-page article, "Trial Tips: In the race to develop a new drug for juvenile growth disorder, did Insmed rely on Genentech's patents?" This article discusses the closely watched biotechnology case, Genentech Inc. et al. v. Insmed Incorporated et al., the history of the patent battle for co-plaintiffs Genentech and Tercica, and the trial strategies employed by the McDermott team for Firm client Tercica.
William Gaede, Terrence P. McMahon, Intellectual Property, IP Litigation, Trial
2006
Terrence P. McMahon was profiled in the November issue of American Lawyer in regard to his representation of Creative Technology, Ltd. in its lawsuit against Apple Computer, Inc. The article, "Top of the Docket: McDermott's Jury Master," was part of the Big Suits column which also featured the litigation.
Terrence P. McMahon, Intellectual Property, IP Litigation
Michael Anthony, Bobby Burchfield, Gordon Greenberg, Christopher Jedrey, Ray Lupo, Terry McMahon, Michael Pope, Richard Smith and Jeffrey Stone will be recognized in the fall edition of Lawdragon magazine on its annual survey of the top 500 lawyers in the United States, the Lawdragon 500.
Michael F. Anthony, Bobby R. Burchfield, Gordon A. Greenberg, Christopher M. Jedrey, Raphael V. Lupo, Terrence P. McMahon, Michael A. Pope PC, Richard W. Smith, Jeffrey E. Stone, Corporate, Health, Intellectual Property, Trial
Dan Alberti, Fred Chilton, Anthony de Alcuaz, Dave Dolkas, Vera Elson, Matt Jacobs and Terry McMahon were named 2006 Northern California Super Lawyers—top lawyers chosen by their peers through independent research performed by Law & Politics magazine.
Daniel E. Alberti, Frederick Chilton, Anthony de Alcuaz, David Henry Dolkas, Terrence P. McMahon
2005
Terry McMahon was named among the top 30 IP lawyers in the state of California, published on May 2 in the Daily Journal EXTRA.
Terrence P. McMahon, Intellectual Property
Terry McMahon was quoted in the May issue of Patent Litigation Reporter in regard to Extreme Networks' patent victory against Lucent Technologies. "We are very thankful," commented Mr. McMahon. "It was a very smart, careful jury." The jury's verdict was a "victory for the little guy," according to Mr. McMahon.
Terrence P. McMahon, Intellectual Property, Trial
2004
Terry McMahon was recognized as one of the "Best in the West," in an article published in the August 2004 issue of California Lawyer. The article which featured California's leading business lawyers in a range of practice areas was a result of a collaboration between California Lawyer and Chambers & Partners, the London-based publishing company that annually ranks lawyers by practice as a result of in-depth interviews with clients and peers. Mr. McMahon was one of three lawyers recognized in the area of IP.
Terrence P. McMahon, Intellectual Property, IP Litigation
2003
Terry McMahon was listed as one of California's top intellectual property lawyers in the cover story, "Think Big," which ran in the Daily Journal EXTRA on February 24. Mr. McMahon, who was among 25 IP lawyers recognized, was noted for both his success in the courtroom on big ticket IP litigation and his efforts to help build the Firm's IP practice. Click here to see an excerpt.
Terrence P. McMahon, Intellectual Property, IP Litigation
2002
Terry McMahon was quoted the October 2 issue of The National Law Journal in article examining whether jurors and their reactions to particular cases have been altered since September 11th. Mr. McMahon commented on his own experience in the courtroom following 9/11, saying he was worried that the new found patriotism could upset the case he was working on in December (Intel Corp. v. Broadcom Corp.). This was a similar reaction for various lawyers even though the facts of the cases had nothing to do with foreigners.
Terry McMahon and the Firm's West Coast IP Group were profiled on the front page of the March 14 issue of the San Francisco Daily Journal. Mr. McMahon, whose continued success in the courtroom is expounded upon by multiple third parties, was called the "Go-To Guy in the Valley for Intellectual Property." The article highlights McDermott's IP practice by mentioning the Firm's recent successes, client-base and recruitment of leading lawyers.
Terrence P. McMahon, Intellectual Property, IP Litigation, Trial
Terry McMahon was profiled in "A New Meaning for 'Win-tel'" in the March issue of American Lawyer. Included with the Big Suits report on the Intel v. Broadcom case, the article focused on Terry's 3-0 patent litigation record against Intel.
Terrence P. McMahon, Intellectual Property, IP Litigation, Trial
Terry McMahon was profiled as one of the "biggest ripples in the lateral pond" (2001) in the February 2002 issue of American Lawyer.
