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Brian G. Bieluch

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Washington +1 202 662 6000

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  • About

    Brian Bieluch is a vice chair of the Intellectual Property Litigation Group and a member of the Appellate Litigation Group in the firm's Los Angeles and Washington offices.

    Brian focuses on complex, multi-forum patent and technology litigation, representing companies in disputes with competitors in the U.S. International Trade Commission, district courts, and the Federal Circuit. Brian further has significant experience in serving as coordinating counsel for international IP disputes and regularly works with Covington teams in China and South Korea on complex IP matters.

    Brian has represented a wide range of technology clients in the electronics, smartphone, semiconductor, software, financial services, and display technologies industries. 

    Brian additionally assists clients with various IP licensing and IP transactional issues, focusing on IP legal and related IP business challenges in the high-tech and electronics fields. 

    Brian has also served on the faculty of the Practicing Law Institute’s Patent Law Institute, having written on the topic of the legal status of design-around efforts in light of the Federal Circuit’s en banc decision in TiVo, Inc. v. EchoStar Corp., 646 F.3d 869 (Fed. Cir. 2011).

    Areas of Expertise

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    ITC Section 337 Matters

    • Co-lead counsel for Knowles Corporation in successfully obtaining a downstream general exclusion order and cease and desist orders for trade secrets misappropriation against Bellsing Corporation for an exclusion period of 26 years. In re Certain Balanced Armature Devices, Products Containing Same, and Components Thereof, Inv. No. 337-TA-1186.
    • Represented third-party subpoena recipient Knowles Corporation with respect to audio processing technology. In re Certain Audio Processing Hardware, Software, and Products Containing the Same, Inv. No. 337-TA-1026. 
    • Represented Knowles Electronics in successfully enforcing 26 claims of three asserted patents against electronics components supplier/assembler GoerTek. The U.S. International Trade Commission’s Initial Determination concluded that GoerTek infringed all asserted claims of the three asserted patents, that none of the asserted claims of all three patents were invalid, and that Knowles demonstrated a domestic industry with respect to all three asserted patents. In re Certain Silicon Microphone Packages and Products Containing Same, Inv. No. 337-TA-888.
    • Represented a number of respondents, including Samsung Electronics, in a patent infringement action at the ITC brought by BTG. In re Certain MLC Flash Memory Devices and Products Containing Same, Inv. No. 337-TA-683.

    District Court Matters

    • Represent Samsung Electronics in a patent infringement action in the District of Delaware. St. Clair Intellectual Property Consultants, Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., et al. (D. Del.).  
    • Obtained judgment on the pleadings on behalf of Knowles Electronics in settlement enforcement action and related proceedings against AAC Technologies in the Northern District of Illinois. Knowles Electronics, LLC v. American Audio Component, Inc., et al., No. 06-cv-6213 (N.D. Ill).; Knowles Electronics, LLC v. AAC Technologies Holdings, Inc., et al., No. 16-cv-03527 (N.D. Ill.); AAC Technologies Holdings Inc., et al. v. Knowles Electronics, LLC, No. 16-cv-01101 (N.D. Ill.).
    • Represented Dover Corporation in seeking dismissal of a patent infringement case on patent ineligibility grounds, ultimately securing a voluntary dismissal with prejudice. Lit v. Dover Corporation, No. 1:18-cv-02057 (N.D. Ill.). 
    • Represented Knowles Electronics in a patent infringement action against GoerTek. Knowles Electronics, LLC v. GoerTek, Inc., et al. (N.D. Ill.).
    • Represented Knowles Electronics in multiple simultaneous patent infringement actions. Knowles Electronics, LLC v. Analog Devices, Inc. (N.D. Ill.); Analog Devices, Inc. v. Knowles Electronics, LLC (D. Del.); Analog Devices, Inc. v. Knowles Electronics, LLC (D. Mass.).
    • Represented Samsung Electronics in a patent infringement action in the District of Delaware. IPVenture, Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., et al. (D. Del.).
    • Represented comScore, Inc. in the Eastern District of Virginia in simultaneous patent infringement actions. comScore, Inc. v. The Nielsen Company (US), LLC, et al. (E.D. Va.); The Nielsen Company v. comScore, Inc. (E.D. Va.).
    • Represented Microsoft in a patent infringement action in the Northern District of California. MedioStream Inc. v. Microsoft Corp., et al., (N.D. Cal.).
    • Represented Samsung Electronics in a patent infringement action in the Eastern District of Texas. Cheetah Omni LLC v. Samsung Elec. Am., Inc., et al. (E.D. Tex.).
    • Represented Samsung Electronics in a patent infringement action in the Southern District of New York. Genoa Color Tech., Ltd. v. Samsung Elec. Co., Ltd., et al. (S.D.N.Y.).

    Appellate Matters

    • Represented Alstom Grid in obtaining reversal of the denial of judgment as a matter of law for a patent infringement jury trial. Dominion Energy, Inc., et al. v. Alstom Grid LLC, No. 17-1158 (Fed. Cir.).
    • Represented Knowles Electronics in seeking appellate review of Patent Trial and Appeal Board decisions. Knowles Electronics, LLC v. Matal, No. 16-1954 (Fed. Cir.); Knowles Electronics, LLC v. Cirrus Logic, Inc., et al., No. 16-2010 (Fed. Cir.). 
    • Represented Samsung Electronics in seeking Supreme Court review in Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. v. Rambus, Inc., 129 S.Ct. 279 (2008).
    • Represented Translogic Technology Inc. in seeking Supreme Court review in Translogic Technology, Inc. v. Dudas, 129 S.Ct. 43 (2008) and Translogic Technology, Inc. v. Hitachi, Ltd., 129 S.Ct. 628 (2008).

    Areas of Expertise

  • Credentials
    Education
    • Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 2003
        • magna cum laude
        • The Georgetown Law Journal, Articles Editor
        • Order of the Coif
    • Connecticut College, B.A., 2000
        • cum laude
    Bar Admissions
    • California
    • District of Columbia
    • New York
    Judicial Clerkship
    • Hon. Walter K. Stapleton, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 2003 - 2004
    • Hon. Thomas B. Griffith, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, 2005 - 2006
    Accolades
    • Legal 500 US, Patent Litigation: International Trade Commission (2016)

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