Edwin Wheeler is an accomplished attorney with over twenty years of experience across all aspects of intellectual property litigation. Edwin previously worked as a partner in the IP litigation practices at Howrey and McDermott Will & Emery. He has represented Fortune 500 companies in dozens of patent cases in District Courts, the Federal Circuit, and the ITC. Edwin has served as lead counsel or co-lead counsel in jury trials, bench trials, administrative hearings, and arbitrations in patent, trademark/trade dress, trade secret, and antitrust litigation. He has also managed patent litigations in courts throughout Europe and attended multiple trials in Germany (all jurisdictions), the UK, the Netherlands, and the EPO. Edwin is an experienced negotiator who has participated in and documented numerous complex IP licensing arrangements. His expertise includes the patent/antitrust interface, industry standards, and FRAND licensing.
Career Highlights
- Successfully represented a major Chinese LED manufacturer as lead counsel in two Section 337 ITC investigations, securing dismissal of the first before trial and a decision of no violation in the second.
- Won a $66 million jury verdict for a leading U.S. LED manufacturer following a Chinese competitor's misappropriation of trade secrets critical to high-power LED lighting chips.
- As Vice President, Patent Litigation for Rovi Corporation, managed patent disputes at the ITC, in multiple District Courts, in major European jurisdictions, and at the EPO, supporting Rovi's patent licensing business which generated annual revenue of several hundred million dollars.
- Won a patent jury trial in Delaware enforcing patents covering key aspects of V.34, V.90, and V.92 analog modem standards, securing an award of $7.6 million.
- Successfully represented a major medical device company in a case alleging infringement of six patents by the client's most advanced ultrasound medical imaging machines; the case settled favorably shortly before expert depositions and the Markman hearing.
- Successfully represented a major medical device manufacturer in an arbitration brought by a terminated technology development partner asserting trade secret misappropriation, breach of contract, fraud, and antitrust violations.
- Won a preliminary injunction in a trade dress infringement case for a leading U.S. manufacturer of handheld digital multimeters, leading several competitors to settle favorably and enhancing the client's trade dress marketing strategy.