Sam joined Folio Law Group in 2023 and is hoping to gain legal experience while applying to law schools for the 2024-25 academic year. Sam has prior experience working for an independent consultant in antitrust litigation.
Sam has a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and a Bachelor of Arts in Film and Media Studies from Washington University in St. Louis. In their free time, Sam likes to watch soccer and baseball, go to trivia nights, and watch old movies.
Katherine first came to Folio in 2022 as a summer associate, where she began to learn the ropes of patent litigation. Following law school graduation in May 2023, Katherine has re-joined the Folio team as an associate attorney.
Prior to law school, Katherine worked for several years as a digital strategist at a web development agency in Minneapolis, MN. There, she led more than 15 Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) client accounts across various industries. Katherine’s strategist work included working closely with teams of developers to launch new websites, improve user experience, and implement custom tracking, schema markup, and website plug-ins for analytics purposes. Katherine’s data-driven mindset and technical knowledge have led to a track record of successfully managed business strategies for lead generation and brand awareness.
EDUCATION:
Southern Methodist University, B.B.A., Marketing, B.A., Spanish, 2016
University of Washington School of Law, J.D., 2023
Jerica joined Folio Law Group in 2023. Prior to joining Folio, Jerica was a Court Clerk with Natrona County Circuit Court, specializing in small claims and other various civil matters.
In 2021, Jerica received her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Wyoming.
In her spare time, Jerica enjoys reading, live music, and spending time with her family.
Matt joined Folio Law Group in 2022 as Operations Manager, Business and Finance. He brings over 20 years of business and leadership experience with him and is focused on daily administrative operation of the firm.
Prior to joining FLG, Matt held positions managing the daily operations of small businesses as well as managing the operations side of higher education. He is a former US Marine and enjoys playing guitar, camping, gardening, and spending time with his family.
Maclain focuses on patent and trademark litigation. He has assisted clients in numerous intellectual property matters, including cases relating to digital video recorders, computer hard drives, LCD panels, software, pharmaceuticals, cancer diagnostics and treatment methods and online business methods. He also has experience in evaluating and licensing intellectual property portfolios.
Optis Wireless Technology LLC et al. v. Apple Inc. (E.D. Tex.) Secured a $506.2 million jury award for PanOptis in a patent infringement suit against Apple involving 4G LTE technology. The jury found Apple infringed claims of the five patents at issue, determined all asserted claims were valid and found Apple’s infringement was willful. The case was the first patent jury trial in the U.S. since the pandemic began.
Juno Therapeutics, Inc. et al. v. Kite Pharma, Inc. (C.D. Cal.). Represented Juno Therapeutics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Sloan Kettering Institute for Cancer Research in declaratory judgment action of patent infringement against Kite Pharma relating to chimeric antigen receptor technology for the treatment of B cell cancers resulting in a judgment exceeding $1 billion.
Immersion v. Apple. Represented Immersion in multipatent action pending before the International Trade Commission and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. The dispute involved several Immersion patents relating to tactile feedback technologies that were asserted against Apple devices. The dispute settled when Immersion entered into settlement and license agreements with Apple, the terms of which are confidential.
TiVo v. Samsung. Represented TiVo in patent infringement against Samsung in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. The case involved TiVo’s claims under four patents relating to digital video recording technologies. The dispute settled on favorable terms.
Motorola v. TiVo/TiVo v. Cisco. Represented TiVo in patent litigation over DVR technology against Motorola Mobility and Cisco Systems. On June 6, 2013, shortly before the start of trial, Motorola and Cisco agreed to pay $490 million to TiVo to resolve the litigation.
TiVo v. Verizon. Represented TiVo in a patent infringement suit against Verizon accusing the company of infringing three of TiVo’s DVR technology patents. In September 2012, shortly before trial was scheduled to begin, a settlement was reached in which Verizon agreed to provide TiVo with total compensation worth at least $250.4 million. As part of the settlement, TiVo and Verizon agreed to dismiss all pending litigation between the companies with prejudice. The parties also entered into a cross license of their respective patent portfolios in the advanced television field.
TiVo v. AT&T. Represented TiVo in a suit against AT&T, alleging that AT&T’s U-verse products and services infringed three of TiVo’s patents covering DVR technology. In 2010, AT&T launched a counter-suit in California accusing TiVo DVRs of violating three AT&T patents. In January 2012, just days before a trial on TiVo’s patents, AT&T agreed to pay TiVo a minimum of $215 million, plus additional fees in case AT&T’s DVR subscriber base exceeds certain levels.
TiVo v. EchoStar. Represents TiVo in connection with patent infringement suits in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas involving DVR products and services. In May 2011, the court dismissed the case pursuant to TiVo’s settlement with EchoStar under which EchoStar agreed to pay TiVo a total of $500 million.
Koninklijke Philips N.V. v. ZOLL. Part of the Irell & Manella LLP team that secured multiple victories for ZOLL, resulting in settlement on favorable terms.
St. Jude Medical v. Access Closure. Represented St. Jude Medical in a patent case alleging infringement of St. Jude’s patents relating to vascular closure devices. In December 2010, the jury returned a verdict of willful patent infringement and awarded St. Jude $27.1 million in damages, reportedly the largest jury verdict in any area of law in the Western District of Arkansas. The Federal Circuit affirmed the damages judgment on appeal.
LG Display v. Chi Mei Optoelectronics. Represented Chi Mei Optoelectronics in a set of patent litigations involving LCD panel technology.
NXP v. LSI and Agere. Represented LSI and Agere in a set of patent litigations involving semiconductor manufacturing technology and circuit design.
Netcraft v. eBay/PayPal. Represented eBay/PayPal in a patent infringement suit brought by a non-practicing entity. In 2007, eBay/PayPal were awarded summary judgment of noninfringement. In 2008, the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court’s ruling.
AmberWave v. Intel. Represented AmberWave, a company founded by an MIT professor and his students, in a set of patent litigations relating to advanced semiconductor materials and manufacturing processes.
Represented various clients in preparation for litigation, in arbitration and in inter partes review on patents relating to online advertisement generation, online payment methods, nucleic acid therapeutics, genomic testing and more.
Named to the Southern California Rising Stars list (2012)
Alden has over thirteen years of experience litigating high stakes intellectual property cases, with a heavy emphasis on plaintiff-side patent litigation. Alden advises clients ranging in size from startups and emerging companies to multinational corporations on IP matters involving a variety of technologies such as computer security, wireless networking, data transfer and control, and mobile communications. Working closely with engineers, in-house counsel, and high-level executives, Alden counsels clients on case strategy and discovery practices in multiple Federal jurisdictions including the Northern District of California, the Eastern District of Virginia, the Eastern District of Texas, the Middle District of Florida, and the District of Delaware, as well as in California state court.
Alden has a strong background in patent portfolio analysis, motion and discovery practice, and trials, including working with expert witnesses on highly technical subject matter analyses.
Alden represented the largest manufacturer of computational photolithography systems in a trade secret misappropriation action in California state court involving the theft of source code by former employees. Alden helped to obtain a jury verdict in favor of the client manufacturer in excess of $845 million, the highest-ranked intellectual property victory in the United States for 2018 according to the National Law Journal.
Alden represented an upstart computer security company enforcing its patent rights against a larger competitor in the Eastern District of Virginia. The patent case was favorably settled on the eve of trial with the defendant agreeing to pay a running royalty on the accused products. The defendant company was later acquired by a multinational entity, which later breached the settlement agreement, prompting another suit. The later suit was favorably resolved when the Court – one day before trial was set to begin – granted summary judgment on all claims in favor of the plaintiff computer security company, resulting in a total victory.
Alden represented a large national defense contractor in numerous patent enforcement actions against companies in the wireless networking space. Alden was intimately involved in the analysis of defense contractor’s extensive patent portfolio, and in the litigations that followed.
Alden represented the plaintiffs in a patent infringement suit involving broadcast telecommunications technology. The case was ultimately settled favorably for nearly $100 million.
Alexandra is an experienced trial and appellate lawyer representing clients in all areas of IP litigation, as both plaintiffs and defendants. She has litigated cases in a wide variety of technology areas, including antenna design, semiconductor manufacturing, network hardware, pharmaceuticals, biofuels, and consumer medical electronics. Above all, Alexandra helps clients design intellectual property strategies that further their business goals, such as maximizing the value of intellectual property holdings or preparing to engage with encroaching competitors. Her most recent matters span the U.S., Asia, Europe, and Australia, with a focus on helping international clients navigate the US legal system to enforce intellectual property rights.
Aaron Weisman is a veteran of the United States Navy’s Submarine Service. While serving aboard a Seawolf Class nuclear attack submarine Aaron deployed on Tier 1 missions vital to national security. Aaron Weisman was a Nuclear Reactor Mechanic and Nuclear Engineering Laboratory Technician, eventually qualifying to supervise the operations of the engine room.
Aaron Weisman attended the Seattle University School of Law. While at Seattle University Aaron Weisman discovered his love for Intellectual Property as a student attorney in the Trademark Law program at the Ronald A. Peterson Law Clinic where he represented pro bono clients in the Seattle area.
After law school Aaron represented the State of Washington as a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney of the Domestic Violence Trial Unit. While working in Pierce County, Aaron was appointed special prosecutor to oversee the resolution of criminal proceedings in three additional jurisdictions and resolved hundreds of cases for the State of Washington. While working as a criminal law litigator Aaron Weisman was selected for the Starbucks Diversity Mentorship Program 2020 which connects Starbucks in-house lawyers with junior attorneys from diverse backgrounds in one-to-one mentorship relationships.
Aaron Weisman started a solo practice specializing in IP transactional agreements and IP portfolio development for small business. Aaron’s solo practice was chosen to be included in the Bunker Labs Veterans in Residence incubator program, where he continues assisting veteran-owned start-ups and small businesses create manageable growth.
Tim has spent more than a decade representing clients both as plaintiff and defendant in patent disputes in venues ranging from United States District Courts to the International Trade Commission. Tim has brought his legal and technical expertise to bear on disputes involving a wide variety of technical fields such as essential wireless telecommunications standards, computer central processing unit substrates, computer networking, computer graphics processing, computer database searching and management, capacitive touch sensors, aesthetic treatment machines, and oil and gas extraction.
Tim’s approach to practice has often been described as a “relentless” pursuit of the client’s objectives at all stages of a patent dispute. Tim also prides himself in mastering and curating the factual and legal record of a case in order to tell a compelling story at trial while at the same time keeping a careful watch on the client’s business priorities throughout the process.
Pro Bono is also a vital part of Tim’s practice, including assisting more than a dozen victims of domestic violence in obtaining protective orders. Tim has also served as counsel to the National Homelessness Law Center and as co-counsel with the ACLU of Texas to challenge several Texas ordinances criminalizing homelessness. Finally, Tim has had the privilege of representing disabled veterans in conjunction with the National Veterans Legal Services Program in benefits proceedings before the Boards of Veterans’ Appeals and the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.
Over his decade-plus legal career, which has spanned both Austin, Texas, and New York City, Joe Abraham has represented technology, financial, real estate, medical device, and pharmaceutical companies in patent and commercial litigation, as both plaintiffs and defendants. In the litigation arena, Joe’s experience spans matters of varying stakes, including all aspects of trial and appellate practice in federal and state courts across the United States, and before domestic and international arbitral tribunals.
Across all these types of matters, certain patterns reoccur: The party that can tell the most compelling story will, all else being equal, come out on top. But how can a litigant be sure to be in position to tell that story? Simply put: By being sufficiently on top of the details to keep adversaries’ distractions at bay, while at the same time not losing sight of the big picture. This also minimizes so-called “wasted efforts,” and keeps the focus on the central themes of the case. Joe takes pride in following this approach for every case he handles.
Joe also believes in the importance of maintaining an active pro bono practice. Over the years this has included service as counsel to the National Homelessness Law Center and as co-counsel with the ACLU of Texas to challenge several Texas ordinances criminalizing homelessness. Joe has also represented disabled veterans, in conjunction with the National Veterans Legal Services Program, in benefits proceedings before the Boards of Veterans’ Appeals and the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. Joe also previously served pro bono as Assistant Counsel to the New York State Commission on Judicial Nomination.
Joe is a member of the Texas State Bar’s Pro Bono College and Defender-level member of the Champion of Justice Society. Joe is also a recipient of Dechert LLP’s Samuel E. Klein Pro Bono Award, and a two-time recipient of The Legal Aid Society’s Pro Bono Publico Award.
Joe co-authors the Western District of Texas Patent Blog.
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