Date: 02-23-2007

Case Style: Lucent Technologies, et al. v. Gateway, Inc., et al.

Case Number: 3:02-cv-02060-B-CAB

Judge: Rudi M. Brewster

Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of California, San Diego County

Plaintiff's Attorney:

Alison Adema of Hahn and Adema, San Diego, California

Bob Appleby of Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, Illinois

Defendant's Attorney:

Francis Albert and Alan Albright of Fish and Richardson, San Diego, California and Austin, Texas for Microsoft Corporation

Jonathan Baker of Dechert, LLP, Palo Alto, California for Gateway, Inc., et al.

Matt Bathon of Arnold & Porter, Washington, D.C. for Dell, Inc.

Description: Alcatel-Lucent SA, former Lucent Technologies, Inc. sued Gateway, Inc., Dell, Inc. and others including Microsoft for use of patented technology for conversion of audio files into digital MP3 file format on personal computers.

The defenses asserted by defendants and intervenor Microsoft are not available.

Outcome: Plaintiff's verdict for $1.42 billion.

Plaintiff's Experts: Unavailable

Defendant's Experts: Unavailable

Comments: None