Separate Companies? I Think Not – Personal Jurisdiction and the Alter Ego Theory, Riot Games, Inc. v. Suga PTE, LTD et al. (Sept. 14., 2023)
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Edward Runyan is a registered patent attorney with over twenty years of experience regarding patent infringement litigation in U.S. Federal Courts and the ITC. Edward has also provided general counseling for patents and technology, drafting and prosecuting U.S. and international patent applications, and he also has experience advising on the IP aspects of mergers and acquisitions such as portfolio analysis and IP due diligence.
Before joining Irwin IP, Edward was an IP litigation partner at two of the world’s largest law firms. In addition to his extensive legal experience, Edward was previously employed as a Master Systems Electrical Engineer at United Technologies Aerospace Systems in Rockford, IL where he was responsible for the design, development and support of electrical power generating systems for commercial and military aircraft.
Illinois State Bar
Trial Bar for the Northern District of Illinois
U.S. District Court, District of Illinois
U.S. District Court, District of Colorado
U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Patent Litigation
Inter Partes Review
Patent Drafting and Prosecution (U.S. and International)
Patentability Analysis and Opinions
IP Portfolio Analysis
IEEE member
–“Supreme Court Rules Greater Precision and Clarity Required of Patent Claims” June 5, 2014
– “Attorneys’ Fees in Patent Cases” May 6,2014
Barco. Trial and lead counsel for Barco, N.V. in several offensive and defensive patent infringement matters involving displays, semiconductors (e.g., microprocessors) and related technologies. Several defensive matters resulted in case dismissals without payment; and first-chairing a claim construction argument that resulted in invalidation of all system claims of an asserted patent.
Pergo v. Alloc. Trial counsel for defendant; 2-week jury trial, resulting in a complete defense victory, upheld on appeal.
Purdue University, B.S. (1982)
DePaul University School of Law, J.D. (2000)
Illinois
Separate Companies? I Think Not – Personal Jurisdiction and the Alter Ego Theory, Riot Games, Inc. v. Suga PTE, LTD et al. (Sept. 14., 2023)
‘Embedding’ Copyrighted Works on a Website is Not Infringement, Holds Ninth Circuit , Hunley et al. v. Instagram, LLC, 2023 WL 4554649 (9th Cir. July 17, 2023)
Confess Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself: When Failing to Meet the Duty of Candor Results in Stiff Penalties, Longhorn Vaccines & Diagnostics v. Spectrum Solutions
Spy Scheme Costs Plaintiff Its Patent Infringement Claims, Site 2020 Inc. v. Superior Traffic Servs., LLC, No. CV 21-63-M-DLC-KLD (D. Mont. Mar. 27, 2023)
Maintaining § 101 “Till the Cows Come Home”, ChromaDex, Inc. v. Elysium Health, Inc., 2022-1116, (Fed. Cir. Feb. 13, 2023)
Expert Methodology Critical in Denial of Preliminary Injunction, Hangzhou Chic Intel. Tech. Co. v. Gyroor, No. 20-cv-04806 (N.D. Ill. Dec. 12, 2022)
A “Monster” Award: “Super Creatine” Not So Super, Monster Energy Co. v. Vital Pharmaceuticals Inc., No. 5:18-cv-01882 (C.D. Cal. 2022)
Coca-Cola’s Trademark Challenge Fizzles Out, Meenaxi Enterprise, Inc. v. The Coca-Cola Company, No. 21-2209 (Fed. Cir. 2022)
Inequitable Conduct: Solid Factual Basis Required to Satisfy Rule 9(b), California Costume Collections, Inc. v. Pandaloon, LLC, No. 221CV01323JWHJEMX, 2022 WL 1062056 (C.D. Cal. Apr. 7, 2022)
Manufacturers First, Customers Last: Customer- Suit Exception in Patent Litigation, Sonrai Memory Ltd. v. Samsung Elecs. Co., No. 6:21-CV-00167-ADA, 2022 WL 572301 (W.D. Tex. Feb. 24, 2022)
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