Helena D. Kiepura

• Honeywell v. Zebra – USITC; Western District of Texas; Eastern District of New York. Helena was counsel for Honeywell in a large scale patent dispute involving over forty patents asserted in the United States and worldwide. Acting as ITC counsel in the first-filed case in the campaign, Helena litigated the case to the brink of trial and obtained several favorable pre-trial rulings. Helena and the DLA team ultimately obtained a settlement of $360 million for Honeywell on the eve of the ITC trial. 
• Maxell v. Lenovo Group Ltd., Lenovo (United States) Inc. and Motorola Mobility LLC – USITC; Western District of Texas; Northern District of Illinois. Helena was counsel for Lenovo and Motorola in a wide-ranging set of patent disputes in multiple ITC proceedings, multiple district court actions, and multiple IPR proceedings. Helena and the DLA team obtained a favorable ruling for Lenovo and Motorola dismissing the Western District of Texas litigation for improper venue and transferring the case to the Northern District of Illinois, Motorola’s home venue. In the ITC case, the Staff supported Lenovo and Motorola on all asserted patents and recommended a win for Lenovo and Motorola.  
• Intellectual Ventures v. Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. – Western District of Texas; District of Delaware. Helena represented Hewlett Packard Enterprise in a series of five district court cases in the Western District of Texas, an IPR proceeding, and a declaratory relief action filed by HPE in the District of Delaware, which resulted in a favorable opinion in Delaware on subject matter jurisdiction in declaratory relief actions. 
• Certain Thermoplastic-Encapsulated Electric Motors, Components Thereof, and Products and Vehicles Containing Same (I and II) – USITC. Helena and a DLA team represented a group of respondents in an ITC investigation involving automobile motors by securing the dismissal of the first investigation due to lack of standing and also obtained a favorable claim construction ruling resulting in the voluntary dismissal of that group of respondents from second investigation.
• Represented a beer company against a competitor in parallel ITC investigations involving countertop beer dispensing devices. The client obtained a limited exclusion order and cease-and-desist order after winning at a five-day trial before the ALJ and defeating an appeal before the Commission. The competitor dismissed its own offensive case less than two weeks before the scheduled trial and one week after conclusion of trial.
• Represented complainants in an ITC investigation involving luxury vinyl tile flooring and obtained a general exclusion order to exclude infringing flooring products beyond those associated with named respondents.
• Represented defendants in a patent infringement case in the District of Delaware involving razor blade coating technology and secured a favorable Markman ruling resulting in the dropping of several asserted claims and obtained a favorable settlement immediately prior to trial.
• Represented respondents in an ITC investigation involving RFID vehicle identification and toll collection technology.
• Represented a leading computer, mobile device and media player company before the ITC in a significant trial victory for the client resulting in the finding of infringement in two of the client’s patents.
• Obtained a favorable ruling on appeal for a veteran before the US Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims regarding claim for denial of veterans’ benefits for total disability individual unemployability.
• Successfully appealed a denial of benefits for a Korean War veteran exposed to ionizing radiation.

Chambers Global

• Band 5, USA International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337) (2024)
• Up and Coming, USA International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337) (2023)

Chambers USA

• Band 5, Nationwide International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337) (2023-2024)
• Up and Coming, Nationwide International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337) (2022)

The Legal 500 United States

• Next Generation Partner, Patents: Litigation (International Trade Commission) (2021 - 2024)
• Recommended, Patent Litigation: Full Coverage (2022 - 2023)

• Presenter, "Year in Review: Notable Section 337 Developments," 15th Annual Practitioners’ Think-Tank on ITC Litigation & Enforcement, March 2023
• Presenter, "Overview of Section 337 Investigations at the ITC," 2022 AIPLA Spring Meeting, May 2022
• Panelist, "2020 Donald K. Duvall Memorial Panel: Section 337 Year in Review," 2020 ITC Trial Lawyers Association Annual Meeting, November 2020
• Presenter, "Assessing the Intricacies of Obtaining General Exclusion Orders," American Conference Institute Practitioners’ Think-Tank on ITC Litigation & Enforcement, August 2020
• Presenter, "Commission Review and Federal Circuit Appeals," ITC Trial Lawyers Association Fall Meeting, November 2019
• Presenter, "The Fast and the Furious: Strategies for Bringing and Defending Cases at the ITC," May 2019