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Patrick has represented and litigated against some of the largest companies in the world. He has also counseled clients and effectively litigated proceedings at the USPTO (including numerous inter partes review proceedings) and Section 337 investigations at the International Trade Commission.\nRepresentative Matters\nRepresented Amtech Systems LLC against Kapsch in competitor vs. competitor patent litigation at the International Trade Commission (Section 337) on RFID technology used in electronic toll collection. Patrick led the technical case for one set of patents, including taking and defending key fact and expert depositions.\nRepresented Sanofi in Hatch-Waxman litigation against Merck concerning insulin glargine and mechanical pen injectors. Patrick had primary responsibility for mechanical pen injector patents, including preparing trial testimony and examining one of Sanofi’s lead validity experts at trial.\nRepresented Apple against Qualcomm in cases concerning cellular baseband chipsets and standard essential patents (SEPs), including FTC v. Qualcomm, the In re Qualcomm Antitrust Litigation MDL litigation, the principal Apple v. Qualcomm antitrust/FRAND case, as well as related patent proceedings at the ITC and around the world (e.g., the Korean Fair Trade Commission). Patrick focused on issues concerning FRAND licensing and the baseband chipset industry, conjoint and regression analyses, issues of French law and contract interpretation, standard setting organization IPR policies and consumer behavior/surveys.\nRepresented software company ROY-G-BIV in patent litigation against ABB, Honeywell, and Siemens on motion control software patents used in process control plants. Managed all aspects of discovery, including taking or defending depositions of three technical witnesses and two technical experts. Patrick led the review of millions of lines of source code, including managing a team of experts for over a year. Patrick also had responsibility for successfully defeating at the summary judgment stage an argument that our clients violated the intellectual property policy of a standard setting organization. Patrick also represented ROY-G-BIV in inter partes review before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, which successfully defended the validity of the motion control patents that were the subject of the co-pending litigation. This was the first case to uphold the validity of all challenged patent claims in an IPR. 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Lennette has extensive experience leading the defense in high-stakes disputes through all phases of litigation in state and federal trial and appellate courts, and has successfully tried multiple cases before juries and administrative bodies.\nComplex Commercial LitigationLennette’s civil litigation practice focuses on high-stakes disputes that span a wide range of claims including business torts, partnership disputes, breaches of contract, and environmental claims.  In 2019, she represented a tech start-up company in a 10-day jury trial for claims of breaches of warranty and fraud with damages exceeding $100 million, and secured a favorable settlement for the client just before a motion for new trial was to be heard by the court.\nIntellectual Property/MediaLennette represents multiple entertainment and media conglomerates, including entertainment studios, music publishers and record labels, and media/news companies.  Her litigation work for these clients is focused on copyright infringement, trademark infringement, as well as licensing and royalty disputes. \nConsumer and Employment MattersLennette regularly defends clients including tech startups and retail conglomerates in putative class, collective, and individual actions arising from consumer (TCPA, CLRA, unfair competition laws) and employment (worker misclassification, discrimination, retaliation) issues.  Lennette also leads regulatory inquiries and develops bespoke Terms of Service/Terms of Use, arbitration agreements, and other outward facing client policies to provide holistic advising on consumer and worker classification issues. \nLennette is conversant in Chinese (Mandarin).  She proudly serves on the board of UNITE-LA, a non-profit organization dedicated to creating educational and career opportunities to the underserved youth and young adults in Los Angeles County.  Lennette was named by the Los Angeles Business Journal as a 2023 Leader of Influence - Minority Attorneys.  She has also been regularly recognized as a Rising Star by Southern California Super Lawyers since 2014.  In 2013, Lennette was awarded the Pro Bono Service Award by the ACLU Foundation of Southern California. \nLennette clerked for the Hon. 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