Jeff Eichmann is a partner in the firm. He joined Dovel & Luner after graduating from Harvard Law School in 2003.

Jeff's practice focuses primarily on patent litigation, but also includes other areas of intellectual property and commercial litigation. Since joining the firm, Jeff has successfully represented numerous inventors and businesses in patent disputes, as well as software developers, artists and entertainers, and designers in their intellectual property and commercial matters.

Current representations involve technology in the fields of wireless systems and messaging, networking and power-over-Ethernet, localization (for example, GPS), manufacturing methods, and motion picture editing.

In addition to his legal practice, Jeff is a co-founder and director of Abela Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a development stage pharmaceutical company based in Orange County, California.


Representative cases:

• Represented Network-1 Security Solutions, Inc. at trial in a patent infringement lawsuit in the Eastern District of Texas against several manufacturers of networking equipment employing Power over Ethernet (PoE) technology. Network-1 Security Solutions, Inc. v. Cisco Systems, Inc., et al. 6:08cv030. The case settled with the defendants after the fourth day of trial in July 2010.  The settlement required initial payments totaling approximately $32 million and maximum  royalty payments per year of $8 million through 2015 and $9 million per year thereafter for the remaining term of the patent.

• Represented Abstrax Inc. in a patent infringement lawsuit in the Eastern District of Texas against Dell Inc. relating to manufacturing methods. The Dovel & Luner team obtained a favorable Markman ruling and the denial of Dell's motions for summary judgment. The Court also made several pre-trial rulings that were favorable to Abstrax, including a ruling allowing Abstrax to present damages based on all revenues from the sales of computers manufactured using the infringing method. The case settled on confidential terms on the evening before trial was to commence.

• Represented Enovsys LLC at trial in a patent infringement lawsuit against Sprint Nextel. The patents concerned the use of GPS and location based services provided to cell phone users and privacy features relating to location disclosure. In May 2008, the Los Angeles jury returned a verdict of infringement on both asserted patents and awarded past damages of $2.8 million, representing a 3.5% royalty on growing sales. This appears to be the only adverse patent verdict ever obtained against Sprint.  In August 2010, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the verdict.  The parties have settled on confidential terms.

• Represented Thermapure, Inc. in a patent infringement action against Water Out Drying Corp. The patent claimed a method of sanitizing contaminated structures (for example, homes, offices, or schools) that had flood damage or had developed mold or other toxins. In March 2009, the Marshall, Texas, jury returned a verdict of infringement and rejected all invalidity defenses. The jury hung on the amount of damages. The issue of damages will be retried and Thermapure's motion for a permanent injunction remains pending.

• Represented Diodem LLC in a patent infringement lawsuit against the three primary manufacturers of dental lasers (used in lieu of the dental drill).  The first defendant to settle paid cash and stock valued at more than $10 million before summary judgment rulings.  The remaining defendants settled on confidential terms in July 2007, shortly before trial.

Federal court admissions:

• Central District of California

• Southern District of California

• Eastern District of Texas

• Federal Circuit Court of Appeals

Education:

• Harvard Law School, J.D. (2003, Magna Cum Laude)

• Georgetown University, B.A. (2000, Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa)