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Aug. 16, 2017

Michael W. De Vries

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Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Michael W. De Vries

A frequent challenge in the intellectual property realm is getting jurors to understand technology they’ve never interacted with in their lives. This was a daunting problem for De Vries in a recent case involving his client, Energy Labs, which was accused by a competitor of infringing patents for environmental technology used in buildings. Nortek Air Solutions LLC v. Energy Labs Inc. et al., 14-CV02919 (N.D. Cal., filed June 24, 2014).

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