Jason Keener

Representative Matters

• Represented a large fitness equipment manufacturer against claims of copyright infringement and trade secret misappropriation regarding advertisements and videos displayed on fitness equipment;
• Represented a Fortune 500 automotive aftermarket supplier in two of the largest cases in the recent history of the International Trade Commission (ITC), which included obtaining the first ever 100-day expedited proceedings (on the domestic industry issue) and, after largely adverse administrative law judge determinations, the full ITC agreeing on the domestic industry issue and prevailing on all 41 asserted design patents;
• Represented remote automotive diagnostic company against claims of patent infringement;
• Represented manufacturer of leveling systems for recreational vehicles against patent infringement claims asserted by the market leader;
• Representing developer of eye tracking systems for improving the effectiveness of advertising in asserting patent portfolio against market competitors.
• Representing the owner of the intellectual property rights in a major motion picture character in asserting copyright and trademark rights against unauthorized derivatives.
• Representing equipment servicing company against claims of copyright and trademark claims for use of competitor’s technical drawings in servicing and maintaining competitor’s equipment.
• Represented an educational course management software company against patent infringement claims asserted by competitor. Successfully resolve the case through the development of a redesigned system while simultaneously invaliding the asserted patent through trial and on appeal.
• Represented a financial institution against patent infringement claims directed to processing of encrypted check images. Successfully resolved the dispute at trial, despite the overwhelming majority of financial institutions settling prior to trial.
• Represented a global game manufacturer in asserting dozens of copyright and trade secret claims against an internet startup manufacturing infringing products. Successfully resolved the dispute through trial and enforcement of injunctive relief.
• Represented a global online discount platform against patent infringement claims asserted by numerous non-practicing entities. Disputes resolved through aggressive pre-complaint tactics, invalidating the asserted patents at the Patent Office, and through early dispositive motion practice against patent-ineligible subject
• Represented the internet branch of a major league sports organization against patent infringement claims related to generating computer simulations and representations of live events. Successfully resolved the dispute after acquiring rights from inventor’s prior
• Represented a lighting manufacturer and distributor against patent infringement claims directed to LED lighting fixtures. Successfully resolved the dispute after summary judgment filings.
• Represented a global food manufacturing and processing conglomerate against patent infringement claims directed to a core Successfully resolved the dispute through seeking declaratory relief and aggressively seeking early depositions of the inventors.
• Represented multinational software corporation in asserting copyright and trade secret claims against a competitor’s product developed by former employees of the corporation. Successfully resolved the dispute through obtaining an injunction and sustaining the injunction even in the face of a purported “clean room” redevelopment of the software.

Court Admissions

U.S. District Ct., N.D. of Illinois
U.S. District Ct., C.D. of Illinois
U.S. District Ct., E.D. of Michigan
U.S. District Ct., E.D. of Tennessee
U.S. District Ct., E.D. of Texas
U.S. District Ct., E.D. of Wisconsin
U.S. District Ct., W.D. of Wisconsin
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit