SAN FRANCISCO: (April 11, 2005): Farella Braun + Martel LLP today announced a $2,000,000 settlement of a computer security patent infringement suit brought by its clients Andrew Pickholtz and 353 Patent LLC, an affiliate of Rainbow Technologies, Inc. and SafeNet against Aladdin Knowledge Systems, Ltd. and its U.S. subsidiary.
Farella Braun + Martel’s clients filed the suit on May 19, 2004 before Judge William H. Alsup of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California alleging that certain of Aladdin's Software Digital Rights Management (DRM) products infringed the plaintiffs' patent, covering Mr. Pickholtz's invention restricting unauthorized use of pirated computer software.
Farella Braun + Martel attorneys Rod Thompson, Alex Potente, and Lucas Huizar along with Andrew Pickholtz, in his role as an attorney, secured a $2 million settlement after successfully defeating Aladdin's jurisdictional challenges, winning all contested claim constructions and receiving favorable orders on many discovery issues, including an award of sanctions for the defendants' discovery abuse. The settlement was reached on April 6, 2005 and was finalized without incurring the additional expense of taking or defending any depositions.
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