A partner in the Litigation Department, Catherine Nyarady specializes in patent and trademark litigation and is registered to practice in the United States Patent and Trademark Office. She has represented major corporate clients in patent litigations involving medical devices, semiconductor technology, chemical catalysts, Internet information storage and retrieval systems, consumer products, paper fabricating machinery, fiber optics technology and bar code and machine vision technology.

Representative Patent and Other Technology Cases

• Edwards Lifesciences v. CoreValve, Inc. and Medtronic CoreValve, LLC, No. 08-091 (D. Del.) ($74 million jury verdict for client Edwards Lifesciences for infringement of transcatheter heart valve patent; infringement found to be willful); counterpart litigations in Germany and the United Kingdom
• Earthcomber, LLC v. Zagat Survey, LLC, No. 10-cv-1592 (N.D. Ill.); (patent infringement case involving method of location-based mobile services)
• Madison Tyler Holdings, LLC v. Zone Equity Group, LLC, Index No. 601960/08 (N.Y. Sup. Ct.); (theft of trade secret litigation)
• In the Matter of Certain Short Wavelength Semiconductor Lasers and Products Containing Same, Investigation No. 337-TA-627 (ITC) (patent infringement matter involving blue laser technology)
• WebMap Technologies v. City Accommodations Network et al., 2:09-CV-0343-DF (E.D. Tex.); (patent infringement case involving geographically referenced data)
• EMG Technology, LLC v. Microsoft Corporation et al., 6:09-cv-367-LED (E.D. Tex.); (patent infringement case involving internet navigation methods)
• Nidec Corp. v. LG Innotek Co., Ltd., 6:07-cv-108 (E.D. Tex.); (patent infringement case involving spindle motors)
• OnLine Reservations v. Zagat Survey et al., No. 2:07-CV-303 (E.D. Tex.); (patent infringement case involving on-line restaurant reservations)
• Charles E. Hill & Associates v. Alibris et al., No. 2:07-CV-234 (E.D. Tex.); (patent infringement case involving electronic catalog system and method technology)
• Polymer Solvents v. PPG and BASF, No. 2:07-CV-049 (E.D. Tex.); (patent infringement case involving low-VOC polymers)
• Citron Electronics Co. v. Toshiba Corp., No. 05CV10626 (S.D.N.Y.); (case involving DVD patent license agreement and subject patents)
• L'Oreal v. Estee Lauder, No. 04-1660 (D.N.J.); (patent case on cosmetic products)
• Gillette v. Schick, No. 03-11415 (D. Mass); (decision for client Gillette; Gillette’s patented “group” of three blades covers cartridges with four or five blades)
• Gillette v. Schick, No. 03-12455 (D. Mass); (patent case on female shaving products)
• Schick v. Gillette , No. 304CV00260 (D. Conn.); (patent case on shaving products)
• Arthur D. Little Enterprises and Doroodian   v. Gillette, No. 99-11063 (D. Del.); (patent case on shaving products)
• Plasma Physics Corp. v. Fujitsu et al., e.g., No. 99-8593; 00-2199; 02-3463, 3473, 3475, 3484 (E.D.N.Y.); (multi-defendant litigations involving plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) technology used to manufacture semiconductor chips and flat panel displays)
• Symbol Technologies, Inc. et. al. v. Lemelson Medical, Education and Research Foundation, Ltd. Partnership, No. CV-S-01-701, -702, -703 (D. Nev.); (patent infringement litigation involving bar code and machine vision technology; judgment for client Symbol Technologies)
• Photonetics, Inc. et al. v. New Focus, Inc., No. 01-493-SLR (D. Del.); (patent infringement litigation involving fiber optics technology)
• NCR Corp. v. Netscape Communications Corp., No. 99-621-RRM (D. Del.); (patent infringement litigation involving Internet method and information storage systems)
• Rayovac Corp. v. Duracell, Inc. and The Gillette Co., No. 99-C-0272-C (W.D. Wis. 2000); (patent infringement litigation involving hearing aid batteries; jury verdict and judgment of patent invalidity for clients Duracell and Gillette holding all three Rayovac patents in suit invalid)
• Marquip, Inc. v. Fosber America, Inc. et al., 198 F.3d 1363 (Fed. Cir. 1999); (patent infringement litigation involving corrugated cardboard downstackers; summary judgment of non-infringement for client United Container)
• Compaq Computer Corp. v. eMachines, Inc. et al., No. H-99-2380 (S.D. Tex.); (patent infringement case involving computer technology)
• Exxon v. Dow, No. M098CA107 (W.D. Tex.); (patent infringement litigation involving chemical catalysts)
• Sumitomo Electric Lightwave Corp. v. Siecor Corp. et al., No. 1:96 CV 00944 (M.D.N.C.); (patent litigation involving fiber optics technology)
• Joint Medical Products Corp. v. DePuy, Inc. et al, No. 3:95CV00576 (D. Conn.); (patent litigation involving hip replacement technology)
• BCP v. Engelhard, No. 95 Civ. 9219 (S.D.N.Y.); (patent infringement and trade secret theft litigation regarding air pollution technology)

Representative Trademark Cases

• Evercare v. 3M, No. 1:07-CV-2215 (N.D. Ga.); (false advertising and trade dress infringement case)
• Gambit Communications v. Zagat Survey, No. 07-53081 (E.D. La.); (defense of trademark infringement action)
• Shields Pictures v. Time4 Media, Opposition Nos. 91160254, 91160270, 91160271 (TTAB); (defended trademark opposition proceedings involving the Popular Science mark; oppositions withdrawn with prejudice following discovery)
• Comedy Partners v. RTV Media Inc., No. 04 CV 00518 (S.D.N.Y.); (trademark infringement litigation involving television network name)
• Brune v. Time Warner Entertainment Company, L.P. No. 02 Civ 5703 (S.D.N.Y.); (defense of trademark infringement litigation; trial resulted in hung jury; case subsequently settled)
• Duck Walk Vineyards, Inc. v. St. Helena Wine Co., Inc. d/b/a Duckhorn Vineyards, No. CV-01-4896 (E.D.N.Y); (trademark infringement litigation involving the use of a duck image and the word "Duck" on wine labels)
• Mermaid Seafoods, Inc. v. Van Camp Seafoods Company, Inc., No. 396-cv-02362 (D. Conn. 2000); (trademark infringement case involving use of mermaid on seafood products; all trademark infringement claims against client Mermaid Seafoods dismissed with prejudice following settlement during bench trial)

Ms. Nyarady received her B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1993 where she was a T.J. Watson Scholar. She received her J.D. in 1996 from Cornell Law School where she was an editor of the Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy and Chancellor of the Moot Court Board.

Ms. Nyarady is a member of the Practising Law Institute's Patent Law Advisory Committee, The American Intellectual Property Law Association and The New York Intellectual Property Law Association.