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Kahn, Dees, Donovan & Kahn, LLP

Rhymer On Board of Directors for Jacob's Village
Rebecca Rhymer has been appointed to the Board of Directors for Jacob’s Village, a non-profit organization offering social services and residential facilities to adults with disabilities. As a member of the board, Rebecca will assist in creating programs to help these individuals develop life skills and independence.

02-23-2007

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Kahn, Dees, Donovan & Kahn, LLP

Schopmeyer Elected to Council: Christ the King Catholic Church
Mike Schopmeyer was recently elected president of the Parish Council at Christ the King Catholic Church in Evansville.

02-23-2007

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Kahn, Dees, Donovan & Kahn, LLP

Helfrich Begins Real Estate Salesperson Course on Feb. 5
Partner Jeff Helfrich will begin teaching a Real Estate Salesperson licensing course at Ivy Tech on February 5. The course is offered through the Real Estate Certification Program at Ivy Tech, where Helfrich has been an instructor since 1989. His practice areas include real estate, mergers and acquisitions, commercial finance, business organizations and health care law.

02-23-2007

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Kahn, Dees, Donovan & Kahn, LLP

DiRienzo on Flooding Issues
Mike DiRienzo joined a panel to answer questions and discuss the city's flooding issues on a live broadcast of WNIN's Shively & Shoulders on January 25. Mike was appointed to the Evansville Storm Water Task Force at the recommendation of the United Neighborhoods of Evansville. He will assist consultants in updating the city's storm water master plan.

02-23-2007

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Kahn, Dees, Donovan & Kahn, LLP

Schopmeyer and Comstock Nominated: Celebration of Leadership Awards
Partners Mike Schopmeyer and Allison Comstock have been nominated for Leadership Evansville's "Celebration of Leadership" awards. Mike was cited for leading the effort to unify the Metropolitan Evansville Chamber of Commerce with the Posey County Chamber of Commerce during his two-year term as Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Chamber of Commerce of Southwestern Indiana. The Vanderburgh Community Foundation nominated Comstock, who currently serves as President of the Board of Trustees for the Foundation, for bettering the community through her passion, vision and collaboration leadership.

02-23-2007

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Kahn, Dees, Donovan & Kahn, LLP

Worthington Trained as Civil Mediator
Attorney Maria Worthington recently completed general civil certified mediation training in Indianapolis and is now offering a full range of mediation services. This training complements the 40-hour domestic relations certified mediation coursework Worthington completed in 2005.

02-23-2007

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Irell & Manella LLP

Irell & Manella Wins Summary Judgment of Noninfringement and Invalidity for Texas Instruments, Defeating $94 Million Patent Claim
Irell & Manella has secured summary judgment on behalf of Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) in a federal patent infringement case filed by a subsidiary of patent-holding company Acacia Research Corp.

Short-circuiting a costly and protracted trial, the Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California granted summary judgment that Dallas-based Texas Instruments did not infringe any claim of the patent asserted by Microprocessor Enhancement Corporation (MEC), and that each claim of the MEC patent is invalid.

MEC was seeking more than $94 million in damages and a permanent injunction against TI’s patented C6000 line of high-performance digital signal processors (DSPs).

Newport Beach, CA-based Acacia Research is one of the country’s largest and most aggressive serial filers of patent litigation – the company claims to control some 58 separate patent portfolios. Its MEC subsidiary, also of Newport Beach, filed suit against both TI and Intel Corp. in the spring of 2005, accusing both companies of infringing a patent acquired by MEC that related to the architecture of high-performance processors such as TI's DSPs. MEC later dismissed Intel from the case but subsequently filed a separate case against them in the same district.

Meanwhile, litigation between MEC and TI continued to move forward. In July 2006, Irell & Manella filed summary judgment motions on behalf of TI against MEC for noninfringement and invalidity of MEC's patent. MEC filed three of its own summary judgment motions.

In her ruling, issued February 9, Chief Judge Alicemarie H. Stotler granted TI summary judgment of noninfringement on two independent grounds, and also ruled that the claims of MEC’s asserted patent were invalid on two separate grounds. She also denied all of MEC’s motions for summary judgment and ordered MEC to pay TI’s costs of litigation.

“Rulings such as this one encourage innovative technology companies such as TI to continue standing firm against the increasing number of meritless patent infringement lawsuits being threatened and filed against them,” said TI General Counsel and Senior Vice President Joseph F. Hubach.

“This victory demonstrates that a solid defense is still the best offense against illegitimate claims of patent infringement,” said Irell & Manella litigation partner Gary Frischling, who lead the defense team.

“It’s a true pleasure to represent clients such as Texas Instruments, who recognize that the success of our patent system depends on vigorously challenging patentees who overreach in claiming infringement.”

Also working on TI’s behalf were Irell & Manella partner Layn Phillips, senior counsel Brian Ledahl, and associates Keith Orso and Alex Karpman in the firm’s Los Angeles and Newport Beach offices.

This was not the first major IP win that Irell has obtained on behalf of Texas Instruments. The firm previously helped secure a stunning $1 billion settlement from Samsung Corp., representing a multi-year licensing payment extending across a broad patent portfolio of TI patents.

02-23-2007

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