Edward C. Flynn

Overview

Ed Flynn has over 35 years of experience as a trial attorney in a wide range of matters. He has tried and argued cases in both federal and state appellate courts.  His current practice is heavily concentrated on patent infringement litigation, representing both patent owners trying to protect their intellectual property against theft or copying, and businesses who have been accused of infringing intellectual property of others.  Ed has litigated cases and negotiated license agreements involving various technologies, including those relating to semiconductor and memory devices such as DRAM, flash memory and SSDs, integrated circuits, and software applications relating to internet advertising and digital downloads.  He has represented clients in the federal district courts of multiple jurisdictions, as well as before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.  He also has extensive experience in Inter-Partes Review proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board of the USPTO.

Beyond his intellectual property litigation experience, Ed’s practice has included litigating large-scale construction and other commercial disputes, as well as fraud, insurance coverage, toxic tort, products liability, and death claims. Ed is also qualified as a mediator in matters before federal and state courts and arbitration tribunals.

Representative Matters

• Counsel for patent owners in multiple cases against major memory device manufacturer relating to circuitry and control methods for controlling and managing NAND Flash Memory and DRAM devices;
• Counsel for patent owner in multiple cases against major semiconductor device manufacturer relating to semiconductor fabrication and semiconductor packaging;
• Represented patent owner in multiple cases against major semiconductor device manufacturers relating to integrated circuit processing devices such as FPGAs;
• Represented patent owner in case against major search engine relating to accounting methods in internet advertising;
• Represented accused infringer in case relating to digital download of music over internet;
• Represented patent owners in numerous licensing negotiations;
• Represented prime contractor in dispute involving major project for repair and upgrade of a frequency converter at electrical power substation facility owned by public utility;
• Represented subcontractor in dispute involving project for construction of large bay bridge for state government;
• Represented surety in litigation relating to takeover of public works construction project;
• Represented manufacturer in mass tort cases alleging variety of chemical exposures;
• Represented plaintiff in bad faith insurance coverage case;
• Represented plaintiffs in death and serious injury claims;
• Represented plaintiffs and defendants in product liability cases.