Kevin Burgess

Kevin Burgess is involved in all phases of commercial litigation in complex technical cases with a particular emphasis on patent infringement litigation.

Prior to joining McKool Smith, Mr. Burgess was an Associate at Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison.  He also served as a Judicial Clerk to the Honorable William C. Bryson, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Representative Matters

• i4i Limited Partnership and Infrastructures for Information Inc.  i4i Limited Partnership v. Microsoft Corporation (E.D. Tex.).  Mr. Burgess represents i4i Limited Partnership and Infrastructures for Information Inc. in a suit filed against Microsoft Corporation for patent infringement involving a method and system for manipulating architecture and content of a document separately from each other.  After an eight-day trial, the jury found the patent valid and infringed, rendering a substantial verdict in favor of i4i Limited Partnership and Infrastructures for Information Inc.
• Eolas.  Eolas v. Adobe et al.  Mr. Burgess represents Eolas in a patent infringement action against multiple defendants involving embedding interactive objects in web pages.
• Medtronic Vascular, Inc.  Medtronic Vascular, Inc. v. Boston Scientific et al.  Mr. Burgess was part of the trial team that won a substantial jury verdict on behalf of Medtronic in a patent infringement lawsuit alleging infringement of Medtronic patents covering the design of balloon angioplasty catheters and polymers used to build those catheters.  This lawsuit settled after judgment was entered by the district court.
• National Instruments.  National Instruments v. The MathWorks.  Mr. Burgess represented National Instruments in a patent infringement action involving graphical programming software.  Mr. Burgess was part of the trial team that won a jury verdict of infringement and no invalidity, which was upheld by the Federal Circuit on appeal.
• Ericsson.   Samsung v. Ericsson; Ericsson v. Harris; Digcom v. Ericsson.  Mr. Burgess has represented Ericsson in a number of patent infringement actions in district court and in front of the International Trade Commission involving digital modulation and cellular communication technologies. 
• Wi-LAN.  Wi-LAN v. Acer et al.; Wi-LAN v. Research in Motion et al.  Mr. Burgess represents Wi-LAN in multiple patent infringement actions involving Wi-Fi, CDMA2000, Bluetooth, and other wireless technologies. 
• American Video Graphics.  American Video Graphics v. Microsoft; American Video Graphics v. Hewlett-Packard Co., et al.; American Video Graphics v. Electronic Arts, Inc. et al.; American Video Graphics v. Sony Online Entertainment Inc. et al.  Mr. Burgess represented AVG in patent infringement actions involving computer graphics and operating system software.
• East Texas Technology Partners.  ETTP v. Toshiba America, et al.  Mr. Burgess represented ETTP in a patent infringement action involving computer modem technology.
• Parental Guide.  Parental Guide v. Funai et al.  Mr. Burgess represented plaintiff Parental Guide in patent infringement action involving V-Chip technology. 

Awards & Recognition

• Named to the list of Texas Super Lawyers Rising Stars in 2007 and 2008

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