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Intellectual Property

Apr. 23, 2015

Clement S. Roberts

Durie Tangri LLP San Francisco Patent


Equipped with a deck of playing cards, Roberts invalidated a patent.


As defense counsel representing Quantum Corp., Roberts requested permission to file his summary judgment motion at the case management conference.


"Prior to this case, many attorneys assumed that patents dealing with very specific ways of manipulating a computer would survive" a challenge under Section 101 of the Patent Act, Roberts said. At issue was a patent covering an ...

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