William H. Mandir Partner

William Mandir is a partner in the Washington D.C. office of Sughrue Mion, PLLC, where he is a member of the Management Committee and one of the leaders of the Litigation practice. Focusing primarily on intellectual property litigation, Mr. Mandir has handled intellectual property cases, including patent infringement and trade secret litigation, for over 20 years. He has litigated over 50 cases filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the U.S. District Courts, and the U.S. International Trade Commission. Consistently named as an expert in Euromoney’s Patent Expert Guide, William Mandir has developed an outstanding reputation as both a patent practitioner and a litigator. He has significant experience as lead counsel in patent infringement jury trials, counseling, due diligence and appellate practice. Mr. Mandir also maintains a significant prosecution practice which focuses on prosecuting patent matters in the electrical, software and mechanical arts, including reexamination and reissue applications before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

District of Columbia, Pennsylvania
U.S. Court of Appeals - Federal Circuit
U.S. District Court - District of Columbia
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

University of New Hampshire School of Law (Franklin Pierce Law Center) (J.D.  1987)
University of Maryland, College of Engineering (B.S. Electrical Engineering, 1983)

Princeton Digital Image Corp. v. Canon, Inc (Xerox International Partners) (E.D. Texas 2010)

Northrop Grumman v. Siemens, et al. (C.D. CA 2010)

Balther v. Toyota (E.D. Texas 2010)

Xpoint Tech, Inc. v. Intel et al. (D. Del 2009)

Xpoint Tech, Inc. v. Microsoft et al. (D. Del. 2009)

Vivatone v. Widex (E.D. Texas 2009)

Service Reminder LLC v. Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. (S.D. NY 2008)

Caliper v. Shimazdu (E.D. Texas 2008)

55 Baker, LLC v. Toyota (E.D. Texas 2008)

Girafa v. Yahoo (D.Del. 2007)

In the Matter of Certain Low Antimony Phosphoric Acid (USITC 2007)

In the Matter of Certain Footwear (USITC 2006)

Contois Music Tech., LLC v. Apple Computer Inc. (D. Vt 2005)

ETG, Inc. v. Sonic Innovations, Inc., et. al. (D. Del. 2005) representing Widex

Meritor v. Eaton (D. N.C. 2005)

Eaton Corp. v. ZF Meritor (C.D. Mich. 2004)

In the Matter of Certain Automated Mechanical Transmission Systems, ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-503 (2004)

Koito v. TurnKey (S.D. Ca. 2003 & CAFC 2004)

Winn Inc. v. Eaton Corp. (C.D. Ca. 2003)

Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd. et. al. v. Turn-Key-Tech LLC (S.D. Cal 2003)

Lemelsen v. Norske Canada (D.C. Arizona 2002)

MIT v. Lockheed (D.C. Mass. 2002)

In the Matter of Certain Plastic Molding with Control Systems Having Programmable Operator Interface - Incorporating General Computers (USITC 2001)

Siemens Corp. v. Eaton Corp. (N.D. Ill. 2000)

Turnkey v. Nissan Motors (S.D. Calif. 2000)

Kollmorgen Corp. v. Yaskawa Electric Corp., et al. (W.D. Va. 1999)

Bio-Tek Instruments, Inc. v. Datrend Corp. (D.C. Missouri 1999)

Eaton Corp. v. Rockwell International, et al. (D. Del. 1999)

LVCI Corp. v. Trailerwerks, et al. (D. Ore. 1999)

Yasakawa v. Kollmorgen Corp. (N.D. Ill. 1999)

Digital Electric Corp. v. Intel Corp. (D. Mass. 1997)

NEC Corp. v. Hyundai (E.D. Va. 1997)

Calmac Mftg. Corp. v. Dunham Bush, et al. (E.D. Va. 1996)

RCE v. Hewlett Packard (D D.C. 1995)

IBM Corp. v. Connor Peripherals (N.D. Calif. 1993)

Combi Corp. v. Clover Corp. (C.D. Calif. 1990)

Associations
American Intellectual Property Law Association
American Bar Association
Eta Kappa Nu Association - Gamma Xi Chapter, Electrical Engineering Honor Society (1982)
Association of Trial Lawyers of America

Avoiding the Byte From The New E-Discovery Rules", Mealey’s Litigation Report, August 2009
Invited to an ITC Party? Bring Your Redesigns
Pulling the Preemptive Trigger
"Getting Quick Relief Against an Infringer:  The ITC, A Preliminary Injunction, or a Rocket Docket?", American Bar Association IP Law Section (2005)

2010 IP Counsel Cafe, Palo Alto, CA, "Litigations Involving Multiple Defendants" (April 2010)
2009 IP Counsel Cafe, Palo Alto, CA, "Case Study After In Re Bilski"
2006 University of Akron Annual IP Conference, "Litigating an ITC Case"
2005 American Bar Association, The 20th Annual Intellectual Property Law Conference, "Getting Quick Relief Against an Infringer:  The ITC, a Preliminary Injunction, or a Rocket Docket?"
2004 Andrews Publishing Intellectual Property Litigation Conference, “Key Distinctions Between Section 337 and District Court Cases” (Sept. 27, 2004)
2004 University of Akron Annual IP Conference –Knorr-Bremse CAFC case discussion &  “Willful Infringement/Attorney-Client Privilege”
Expert Guest U.S. Lecturer Israel Virtual Trade Mission (May 2002)
Intellectual Property, Patents and High-Tech Start-ups Seminar, Tel Aviv, Israel - Featured Speaker (Oct 1999)
Eaton Corp. Lawyer Seminar - Featured Speaker, Patent Litigation (Aug 1999)