David Jones joined the firm in 2001 and has an antitrust, intellectual property litigation and appeals and strategy practice.

Experience

Mr. Jones has handled a variety of trial and appellate matters before the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Courts of Appeals, and several federal district and state courts. He has specialized in cases requiring antitrust and intellectual property expertise, particularly in complex technologies industries.

Before joining Heller Ehrman, Mr. Jones served as an assistant U.S. attorney and as an assistant to the general counsel in the Department of the Army. Mr. Jones has tried well over 20 matters before federal and state tribunals and has also briefed or argued more than 30 cases before federal courts of appeals.

Representative Engagements

• Microsoft Antitrust Litigation: Represent Microsoft Corp. in a number of antitrust actions brought by indirect purchasers and competitors in state and federal courts across the country. Took to trial antitrust class action in Iowa state court, which ended in settlement.  Defeated efforts to impose liability through collateral estoppel. Pending.

• University of California & Boston Scientific v. ev3 Inc:  Represent ev3 Inc. in defense of patent infringement claims and assertion of Walker Process fraud counterclaims regarding endovascular coil technology. Pending.

• Globespan v. Texas Instruments:  Represented Texas Instruments in an antitrust suit brought in the District of New Jersey involving allegations that a technology was wrongly adopted as an ADSL standard and that TI’s licensing terms were anticompetitive. Assisted in patent infringement trial resulting in a verdict of more than $120 million. Obtained summary judgment decision dismissing per se tying claims and monopolization claims. Matter ultimately settled.

• Golden Bridge Technologies v. Nokia, et al:  Represented Qualcomm in an antitrust suit brought in the Eastern District of Texas involving allegations of misconduct before a Standard Setting Organization. Obtained summary judgment dismissing group boycott antitrust claims.

• Visa Indirect Purchaser Litigation:  Represented Visa against indirect purchaser actions filed in state courts across the country. Visa’s motion to dismiss on antitrust standing and venue grounds granted.

• Cisco v. Huawei:  Represented leading Chinese telecommunications company Huawei Technologies in an intellectual property infringement suit brought in the Eastern District of Texas involving router technology. Successfully opposed preliminary injunction motion; the case settled.

• Gamesa v. General Electric Wind Energy:  Represented GE in a patent infringement suit brought in the Western District of Wisconsin involving wind turbine technology. GE’s motion for summary judgment was granted; the case settled.

• Pitt et al. v. City of Portsmouth, et al.:  Lead class counsel in pro bono suit alleging violations of the Fair Housing Act brought in the Eastern District of Virginia. Negotiated settlement resolving dispute that provided funding for a housing assistance entity and direct payments to more than 250 class members.

• Gratz v. University of Michigan:  Drafted Amicus Brief to the Supreme Court of the United States for the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and other civil rights organizations.

• White Collar Criminal Investigations:  Represented individuals involved in government corruption investigations.