N&V NEWS
2008 - Larry S. Nixon has been named by Washington DC Super Lawyers magazine as one of the top attorneys in the
Washington DC area for 2008. Only five percent of the lawyers in the region are named by Super Lawyers.
The selections for Super Lawyers are made by Law & Politics, a division of Key Professional Media, Inc. of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Each
year, Law & Politics undertakes a rigorous multi-phase selection process that includes a region wide survey of lawyers,
independent evaluation of candidates by Law & Politics' attorney-led research staff, a peer review of candidates by practice area, and
a good-standing and disciplinary check.
Law & Politics publishes Super Lawyers magazines across the country. In addition to the magazines, Law & Politics publishes newspaper inserts
and magazine special sections devoted to Super Lawyers. In 2008, Super Lawyers will reach more than 13 million readers.
Super Lawyers was first published in Minnesota in 1991. William White, attorney and founding publisher, remains the publisher today. Law & Politics
is owned by attorney Vance Opperman, the former president of West Publishing.
Super Lawyers can be found online at www.superlawyers.com, where lawyers can be searched by practice area and location.
2007 - Nixon & Vanderhye is pleased to announce that four attorneys have been named in the 2008 edition of The Best Lawyers in America ®.
The attorneys are Robert W. Faris, Larry S. Nixon, Mark E. Nusbaum and Frank P. Presta.
The Best Lawyers Directory has been published for more than 25 years. Lawyers are chosen for inclusion based on nominations, recommendations and peer reviews. This year more than 2 million confidential evaluations of lawyers by top tier lawyers were compiled in 78 specialties, representing all 50 states and Washington DC.
2007 - Nixon & Vanderhye wins 39 million dollar judgment for client in patent-based antitrust case following 5 week jury trial: N&V trial team (led by Robert A. Rowan and Joseph S. Presta ) proved to the jury that a family of patents dating back to 1989 and relating to the casino table game Caribbean Stud was obtained by knowing and willful fraud on the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Mikohn Gaming Corporation through its subsidiary Progressive Games Inc. brought a patent infringement suit against N&V's client, Prime Table Games and its owners Derek Webb and Hannah O'Donnell, alleging that their casino table game Three Card Poker infringed certain of the patents in the family. The jury agreed with N&V that the infringement claim constituted Walker Process fraud, sham litigation based on inequitable conduct in the mother patent, and sham litigation based on a baseless infringement suit. N&V also proved all other elements of attempted monopolization, resulting in the jury finding a Sherman Act violation on all three independent bases. N&V's client was awarded 39 million dollars plus attorneys fees. The case was tried in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, with Chief Judge Henry Wingate presiding over the jury trial.
2007 - N&V Continues to be Ranked High in Top Patent Firms by IP Today: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C. is proud to be ranked 11th of 353 in IP Today's (March 2007 issue) annual survey of patent law firms, including boutique and general practice firms. The survey is based on the number of patents issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in 2006, and reports that N&V obtained 1,468 U.S. patents for its clients in 2006.
2006 - Three N&V Attorneys Voted “First-Tier Attorneys” by Peers : Nixon & Vanderhye is proud to announce that Rob Faris, Larry Nixon and Frank Presta have been recognized by a vote of their peers as three of the area’s best intellectual property lawyers, according to the 2006 edition of The Washington DC Area’s Best Lawyers (a listing of “first-tier attorneys” excerpted from the 2007 edition of The Best Lawyers in America). That “lawyers are chosen for inclusion [in the list] solely on a vote of their peers” adds special meaning to this recognition for N&V.
March 2006 - N&V Again Ranked High in Top Patent Firms by IP Today: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C. is proud to be ranked 12th of 300 in IP Today's (March 2006 issue) annual survey of patent law firms, including boutique and general practice firms. The survey is based on the number of patents issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in 2005, and reports that N&V obtained 1,239 U.S. patents for its clients in 2005.
2006 - N&V Acknowledged
as a Leading, “High-Impact” Intellectual
Property Firm: Nixon & Vanderhye
is honored to announce that its “unique shop” has
been recognized in the 2006 Chambers USA Clients Guide
as one of the leading Northern Virginia intellectual
property firms. N&V was described as a “high-impact” intellectual
property boutique having “certainly
a big name in the patent area,” a “long-standing
reputation for quality patent, trademark and copyright
advice, ” “’[o]n-the-ball’ lawyers
[who] draw on specialist know-how,” and a “keen
litigation capability” that “was highlighted
as a valuable asset to bringing balance to the overall
practice.”
In addition, Larry Nixon was identified as a leading
attorney for the area. Larry was described as “excellent” and “one
of the very best on intense matters” who will “always
do a ‘first-class job’ in litigation and
patent prosecution.” Those accolades are especially
honored in view of Chambers’ statement that “[n]o
lawyers will be mentioned unless they have strong recommendations
from the market.”
May 2005 - N&V Ranked High in Top Trademark Firms by IP Today: Nixon & Vanderhye is proud to be ranked 44th of 330 in IP Today's (May 2005 issue) annual survey of trademark law firms, including boutique and general practice firms. The survey is based on the number of trademark registrations issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in 2004, and reports that N&V obtained 274 federal registrations for its clients in 2004.
May 2005 – Another Success for N&V at the Federal Circuit: On May 5, 2005, a Nixon & Vanderhye litigation team led by Larry Nixon and Mark Nusbaum successfully ended a longstanding infringement dispute when the Federal Circuit in PC Connector Solutions LLC v. SmartDisk Corporation and Fuji Photo Film U.S.A., Inc., 406 F3d 1359 (Fed. Cir. 2005) affirmed a Florida district’s court’s grant of summary judgment of non-infringement. The accused product related to a floppy disk adapter for coupling the flash memory of a digital camera to a digital computer. Nixon & Vanderhye represented SmartDisk Corporation and Fuji Photo Film U.S.A, Inc. at both the district court and Federal Circuit levels against PC Connector Solutions LLC, represented by a relatively larger law firm well known for their intellectual property litigation practice.
March 2005 - N&V Ranked in Top 10 Patent Firms by IP Today: Nixon & Vanderhye is proud to be ranked 10th of 390 in Intellectual Property Today's (March 2005 issue) annual survey of patent law firms, including boutique and general practice firms. The survey is based on the number of patents issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in 2004, and reports that N&V obtained 1,533 U.S. patents for its clients in 2004.
Summer 2004: N&V successfully handles two appeals to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit: The Federal Circuit held for N&V’s clients in: Innova/Pure Water v. Safari Water Filtration, Appeal No. 04-1097 (August 11, 2004 - represented by Bob Vanderhye) and Soundview v. Sharp and Toshiba et al, Appeal No. 04-1057 (August 11, 2004 – Sharp and Toshiba were represented by Larry Nixon, Bob Adams, Jeffry Nelson, Mickey Gill and Mike Shea).
March 2004 - N&V Ranked in Top 6 Patent Firms by IP Today: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C. is proud to be ranked 6th in Intellectual Property Today's (March 2004 issue) annual survey of patent law firms, including boutique and general practice firms. The survey is based on the number of patents issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in 2003, and reports that N&V obtained 1,963 U.S. patents for its clients in 2003.
April 2003 - N&V Ranked in Top 8 Patent Firms by IP Today: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C. is proud to be ranked 8th in Intellectual Property Today's (March 2003 issue) annual survey of patent law firms, including boutique and general practice firms. The survey is based on the number of patents issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in 2002, and reports that N&V obtained 1,734 U.S. patents for its clients in 2002.
2002 - N&V Ranked as Strong IP Firm: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C. is pleased to be ranked as one of the “hottest IP firms” in a Washington D.C. area survey conducted by Washington Business Forward magazine (March 2002 issue). The magazine surveyed managing partners and heads of IP departments of law firms in Washington D.C. and Northern Virginia. N&V was one of “Six Strong IP Law Firms” that were identified in the survey. The magazine article is at: www.bizforward.com/wdc/issues/2002-03/buzzguide/.
CASE RESULTS DEPEND UPON A VARIETY OF FACTORS UNIQUE TO EACH CASE AND DO NOT GUARANTEE OR PREDICT A SIMILAR RESULT IN ANY FUTURE CASE UNDERTAKEN BY NIXON & VANDERHYE.