Russ August & Kabat won reversal of a summary judgment order that found no infringement of patents owned by client, Mirror Worlds Technologies, LLC, which were asserted against Facebook, Inc. in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The appeal was argued at the Federal Circuit by Russ August & Kabat attorney Marc A. Fenster.

The Federal Circuit agreed with Mirror Worlds that the District Court erroneously concluded that, based on the evidence in the record, there was no genuine dispute about Facebook’s infringement of the patents. Though Facebook submitted declarations and testimony from key engineers about its systems, the Federal Circuit determined that there was sufficient evidence to support a jury verdict that Facebook’s accused systems infringe Mirror Worlds’ patents.

The patents at issue are U.S. Patent Nos. 6,006,227, 7,865,538 and 8,255,439, which are related to managing and organizing information into time-ordered streams. Because the Federal Circuit reversed the District Court’s summary judgment order, the case has been returned to the District Court, where Mirror Worlds’ claims of infringement will proceed.

Mirror Worlds is represented by Russ August & Kabat attorneys Marc A. Fenster, Benjamin T. Wang, James Tsuei, and Theresa Troupson.

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Russ August & Kabat is proud of Irene Y. Lee and Benjamin T. Wang, who have been named to the Los Angeles Business Journal’s 2020 list of “Top Minority Attorneys in Los Angeles.” With Los Angeles being the melting pot that it is, it is a great honor and Irene Y. Lee and Benjamin T. Wang were among some stellar company. Read the article.

Russ August & Kabat is proud of Larry C. Russ, Jules L. Kabat, Marc A. Fenster, Bennett A. Bigman, Adam S. Hoffman, Paul A. Kroeger, Brian D. Ledahl, Irene Y. Lee, Matthew A. Rips, Stanton “Larry” Stein, and Benjamin T. Wang, all of whom have been recognized as 2020 Southern California Super Lawyers by the publishers of Los Angeles Magazine. In addition, Larry C. Russ, and Irene Y. Lee, have been recognized as Top 100 Super Lawyers, and Irene Y. Lee has also been recognized as a Top 50 SuperLawyer in the Southern California Women’s Edition. Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process is multi-phased and includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations.

Russ August & Kabat Partner, Irene Y. Lee, a leading Intellectual Property lawyer in the region, was interviewed by the Los Angeles Business Journal for her assessment of the current state of IP legislation, the new rules of copyright protection, licensing and technology, and the various trends that she’s been observing, and in some cases, driving. Read the article. 

Russ August & Kabat is honored to have been recognized as a Best Law Firm by U.S. News and Best Lawyers, who have joined to rank more than 14,000 firms across the United States. In addition, Russ August & Kabat is proud of Partners, Larry C. Russ and Stanton “Larry” Stein, who have been recognized as Best Lawyers in The Best Lawyers of America 2020 Edition.

Russ August & Kabat congratulates associate, Diana Sanders, who was elected and installed as the President of the LA County Bar Association’s Barristers/Young Attorneys section. This section is the largest of LACBA’s 26 active sections, holding about 11,000 members. The installation and awards dinner, which had a showing of around 600 guests, took place on Thursday, June 27, 2019 at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel. Russ August & Kabat was a proud sponsor of the event. See photos. Read Diana Sanders’ Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine article, “Benefits of Becoming a Part of the Barristers/Young Attorney Section”.