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Litigation Getting Results – Using sophisticated technology for a big jury win

A JMBM team representing Los Angeles orthopedic surgeon Dr. Gary K. Michelson won a major IP litigation case. We obtained a jury verdict of $570 million (including $400 million in punitive damages), one of the largest in the country during 2004, against Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Inc. in a dispute over contract claims and patent rights […]

Litigation and Taxation Getting Results – A big tax controversy win

In U.S. Tax Court and in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, JMBM successfully represented against the IRS the two California founders of a women’s apparel business. The IRS attempted to disallow our clients’ deduction of business losses from their charter jet operation, saying that the business was not being run with the intent of […]

Intellectual Property and Litigation Getting Results – Winning a dispute over complex technology

We represented one of the two largest manufacturers of telescopes in a dispute with its main competitor. The controversy involved complex software technology patents for telescope operation, and our client was the defendant in a patent infringement action. JMBM defeated the plaintiff’s request for a preliminary injunction and obtained summary judgment for our client. We […]