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Intellectual Property

Apr. 18, 2013

Luke Dauchot

Kirkland & Ellis LLP Los Angeles Patent


Dauchot serves as lead counsel in a litany of medical device cases, including a patent infringement case in which he secured a $101.2 million jury award for a Medtronic Inc. subsidiary.


The case against competitor NuVasive Inc. involved a series of patents protecting spinal surgery technology. NuVasive subsequently attempted to force an appeal without a determination over post-verdict royalties, which Dauchot successfully moved to dismiss. The U.S. Circuit Court ...

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