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Intellectual Property

Apr. 23, 2015

Ryan K. Yagura

O'Melveny & Myers LLP Los Angeles Patent


It's rare that a lawyer must defend a patent related to a 1960s military invention. But that's the challenge Yagura recently surmounted in his defense of client Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.


The plaintiff, licensing company Optical Devices LLC, accused Samsung of infringing a patent related to weapon targeting. As part of the invention, a weapon would register a locked target if a laser beam it shot out was reflected back.


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