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Kevin Collins is a member of the firm’s Intellectual Property Litigation Group and is resident in the firm’s Washington, DC office. Mr. Collins has represented clients in a wide variety of patent and trademark matters in various forums, including United States District Courts throughout the Country. Mr. Collins also has significant appellate experience, including arguing two Federal Circuit appeals in patent cases within the last year.

Mr. Collins is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and has litigated patent matters before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences as well as before the International Trade Commission in Section 337 actions.

Mr. Collins has substantial patent litigation experience with software, business methods, web-based applications, semiconductor fabrication, pharmaceutical products, medical devices, and consumer leisure and personal care products.

Representative Matters

Successfully represented comScore in 2011 in the Eastern District of Virginia in two patent infringement cases involving patents directed to measuring online activities and website traffic. comScore, Inc. v. The Nielsen Company (US), LLC, et al., No. 1:11-cv-290-LMB-TRJ and The Nielsen Company v. comScore, Inc., C.A. No. 2:11-cv-00168-MSD -TEM.
Successfully obtained an early summary judgment for MySpace invalidating all claims in four asserted patents directed to web-accessible databases. MySpace Inc. v. GraphOn Corp. (N.D. Cal. 3:2010-cv-00604).
Successfully represented Agere Systems in litigation and arbitration to force Agere’s licensee to honor its obligations under a complex patent license agreement relating to semiconductor fabrication. Agere Systems Inc. v. Macronix International Co., Case No. 01-CV-7820 (S.D.N.Y.) & AAA Arbitration No. 50-T-133-00079-02.
Successful defense of Unilever in the district court and on appeal in the Federal Circuit from patent infringement claims brought by Kao related to Pond’s cosmetic pore strips. Kao Corp. v. Unilever, 441 F.3d 963 (Fed. Cir. 2006), aff’g 334 F. Supp. 2d 527 (D. Del. 2004).
Successful defense of a leading vaccine manufacturer against patent infringement claims brought by patentee on patents purporting to claim certain vaccine immunization schedules that minimize risks of autoimmune disorders.
Represented a leading sportswear company before the ITC in a 337 proceeding to enforce its patents to bar imports of knock-offs that infringed the company’s patents. In re Certain Ear Protection Devices, Inv. No. 337-TA-518 (I.T.C.).

Previous Experience

Westinghouse Electric Corp., Mechanical Engineer (1987-1989)

Pro Bono

Mr. Collins maintains a very active pro bono trial practice representing numerous indigent defendants in criminal proceedings in various courts, including the Circuit Courts for Montgomery County and Prince George’s County, Maryland.