Robert Buergi

Representative Cases

• NL Giken Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc. – United States District Court, District of Delaware. Representing defendant Amazon in this patent case involving five patents about streaming video and related technologies
• Hutchinson Tech. Inc. v. Suncall Corp. – United States District Court, District of Minnesota. Represented plaintiff Hutchinson in this patent case involving 18 patents about hard disk drive suspension assemblies. Obtained a favorable settlement
• Represented smartphone manufacturer in a patent case involving video streaming and encoding. Obtained a favorable settlement
• CUPP Cybersecurity, LLC v. Trend Micro Inc. – United States District Court, Northern District of Texas. Represented defendant Trend Micro in this patent case involving 17 patents about computer security. Prevailed on 14 patents before trial and obtained a favorable settlement
• Daedalus Prime LLC v. NXP Semiconductor, et al.. – International Trade Commission. Representing respondent NXP Semiconductor in this ITC action dealing with processor power management. Obtained dismissal without the need for trial or settlement
• SpaceTime3D, Inc. v. Samsung Elecs. Co. Ltd., – United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas. Represented Samsung in this patent case regarding graphical user interfaces. Obtained a favorable settlement
• Neodron Ltd. v. Microsoft Corp. and Neodron Ltd. v. HP Inc. – United States District Court, Western District of Texas. Represented defendants Microsoft and HP in these patent cases regarding touch-sensitive displays. Obtained a favorable settlement
• Represented smartphone manufacturer in patent case involving LTE and VoLTE. Obtained a favorable settlement
• TrueMail Techs., Inc. v. iContact, LLC – United States District Court, District of Delaware. Represented defendant iContact in this patent case regarding digital signatures. Obtained dismissal with prejudice without the need for settlement
• Represented smartphone manufacturer in ITC action involving haptics. Obtained a favorable settlement
• Represented smartphone manufacturer in patent case involving LTE, 3GPP, IMS and text messaging. Obtained a favorable settlement
• Softvault Systems, Inc. v. Samsung Electronics America, Inc. – United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas. Represented defendant Samsung in this patent case dealing with remotely disabling smartphones. Obtained a favorable settlement
• Represented smartphone manufacturer in patent case regarding wireless video streaming. Obtained summary judgment of non-infringement, affirmed on appeal
• Represented smartphone manufacturer in patent case regarding live video streaming. Obtained jury verdict of non-infringement, affirmed on appeal
• Represented smartphone manufacturer in an ITC action regarding instant messaging, JavaScript processing and audio hardware. Obtained a favorable settlement
• Represented smartphone manufacturer in patent case involving streaming media and shared media libraries. Obtained a favorable settlement
• Represented smartphone manufacturer in patent case involving screen readers. Obtained a favorable settlement
• Trend Micro Inc. v. RPost Holdings, Inc., et al., – United States District Court, Northern District of California. Representing plaintiff Trend Micro in this patent case dealing with email processing
• RPost Holdings, Inc., et al. v. Adobe Systems Inc., et al. – United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas. Represented defendants Adobe and EchoSign in this patent case dealing with email authentication. Resolved case without settlement or trial
• Nazomi Communications, Inc. v. Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC, et al. – United States District Court, Northern District of California. Represented defendant Samsung in this patent case dealing with Java hardware acceleration and the Android operating system. Obtained summary judgment of non-infringement, affirmed on appeal
• Prism Technologies, LLC v. Adobe Systems Inc., et al. – United States District Court, District of Nebraska. Representing defendant Trend Micro in this patent case dealing with software product activation.Obtained summary judgment of non-infringement, affirmed on appeal
• Overland Storage, Inc. v. BDT AG et al. – United States International Trade Commission. Represented the plaintiff, Overland Storage, in this ITC action dealing with tape storage libraries. Obtained a favorable settlement
• Eolas Technologies, Inc. v. Adobe Systems Inc., et al. – United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas. Represented defendant Oracle America in this patent case dealing with embedded interactive web content. Obtained a favorable settlement
• Network Appliance, Inc. v. Sun Microsystems, Inc. – United States District Court, Northern District of California. Represented Sun Microsystems in three related patent cases involving 39 asserted patents dealing with technologies including storage systems, network architecture, user interfaces and microprocessors. Obtained a favorable settlement
• PortfolioScope, Inc. v. Oracle Financial Services Software Ltd. – United States District Court, District of Massachusetts. Represented plaintiff PortfolioScope in this copyright infringement and trade secret misappropriation case dealing with portfolio management software. Obtained a favorable settlement during presentation of the client's case
• Rackable Systems, Inc. v. Super Micro Computer, Inc. – United States District Court, Northern District of California. Represented defendant Super Micro in this patent case dealing with network servers and storage servers. Obtained a favorable settlement
• Qualcomm, Inc. v. Broadcom, Corp. – United States District Court, Southern District of California. Represented plaintiff Qualcomm in this patent case involving Qualcomm's CDMA and cellular phone power control inventions. Obtained a favorable settlement