Law firm helps large electronics company defend against NPE with non-infringement evidence

“Chipworks helped us get the evidence we needed to defend our position in court. They helped us produce high quality evidence based on engineering expertise and access to specialized equipment not available to us in-house.” 

                                                                                  - Senior litigation attorney

Situation

A billion dollar electronics company was served notice of patent infringement by a non-practicing entity (NPE). As part of its defense strategy, the company sought proof that it was not infringing the patent. With litigation underway, time was of the essence and the company needed to find an external firm that could help generate the evidence it needed. The company’s outside counsel approached Chipworks, having worked with them in the past and having confidence in the quality of their analyses.      

Challenges

• Generate proof of non-infringement under litigation time constraints and within budget
• Secure specialized equipment and engineering expertise not available in-house

 
Chipworks Solution

• Conducted process and materials analyses on a number of the company’s devices
• Produced high quality images using specialized equipment and engineering expertise
• Worked closely with the law firm’s technical expert to focus evidence requirements throughout the project

Results

• The non-infringement evidence provided by Chipworks will save the supplier tens of millions of dollars in royalty payments
• Armed with the technical evidence produced by Chipworks, the litigation team was confident it could put forward a  defense of non-infringement