Gregory Ferroni

Patent and Intellectual Property Litigation

• Represented third party in criminal prosecution and succeeded in protecting client trade secrets from requested disclosure related to suppression motion
• Gesture Technology Partners LLC v. LG Electronics, Inc., et al. – District of New Jersey, Federal Circuit, USPTO: Secured dismissal for Defendant LG before District and Appeals court, and success before USPTO, in invalidating four patents and dismissal of remaining patent related to gesture-based technology
• Threatmodeler Software Inc. v. IriusRisk, Inc., et al. – District of Delaware: Represented defendant IriusRisk in patent litigation concerning cyber threat modeling technology
• Headwater Research, LLC v. Apple Inc. – Western District of Texas: Represented defendant Apple Inc. in patent litigation concerning eSim, tethering, and WiFi calling technologies
• Longhorn Automotive Group LLC v. Mazda Motor Corporation – Eastern District of Texas: Represented defendant Mazda in patent litigation concerning automotive illumination technology
• RICMIC, LLC v. Sentrics, Inc. et al. – Middle District of Florida: Represented defendant Sentrics in a patent infringement lawsuit involving three patents directed to an interactive wireless life safety communications system
• Caraway Home, Inc. v. Sensio, Inc. – Southern District of New York: Represented defendant Sensio against design patent, trade dress, and trademark infringement claims, including defeating request for a preliminary injunction
• Diogenes Limited and Colossus (IOM) Limited v. DraftKings, Inc. – District of Delaware: Represented plaintiffs in patent infringement lawsuit
• NextGen Innovations, LLC v. Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc., et al. – Eastern District of Texas: Represented Fujitsu defendants in patent litigation concerning telecommunications and passive optical network (PON) infrastructure
• Unirac, Inc. v. Esdec, Inc., et al. – District of Delaware; Northern District of California: Represented defendant Esdec in patent infringement lawsuit concerning solar rail technology
• Patent Armory Inc. v. Hyatt Hotels Corporation – Western District of Texas: Represented defendant Hyatt in a patent infringement suit concerning signal processing system and method patent
• Patent Armory Inc. v. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) – Western District of Texas: Represented defendant AMD in a patent infringement suit concerning signal processing system and method patent
• Patent Armory Inc. v. CEC Entertainment Concepts LP – Western District of Texas: Represented defendant in a patent infringement suit concerning signal processing system and method patent

Other Litigation Experience

• In re Zantac (Ranitidine) Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2924 (11th Cir. & S.D. Fla.): Handling class action defense and government enforcement actions for Sanofi in MDL and related state court proceedings involving thousands of cancer claims and third-party payor, medical monitoring, and economic-loss class actions. See, e.g., In re Zantac, No. 20-MD-2924, 2023 WL 4765409 (S.D. Fla. July 26, 2023) (entering final judgment in medical monitoring class action cases and dismissing without prejudice all economic-loss class action cases for lack of standing)
• Grayshift, LLC v. Warren Kenneth Paxton, Jr. and The City of Austin – Travis County District Court: Represented plaintiff Grayshift in preventing disclosure of information pursuant to Texas Public Information Act
• Nicole L. Pazin, et al. v. Pfizer Inc., et al. – Dane County, WI Circuit Court: Represented defendant Pfizer in obtaining judgment on the pleadings in medication lawsuit
• State of Connecticut v. Onaje Rodney Smith – Supreme Court of the State of Connecticut: Filed amicus brief on behalf of Grayshift, LLC concerning cellular extraction technology
• Aimy McCrosky v. Miller's Ale House, Inc. – Eastern District of Pennsylvania: Represented defendant Miller's Ale House in employment class action lawsuit
• Albert DeGregorio v. Citizens One Home Loans – Eastern District of Pennsylvania: Represented defendant Citizens in Fair Credit Reporting Act litigation
• Meredith White v. Citizens Bank, N.A. – Florida Middle District: Represented defendant Citizens in Fair Credit Reporting Act litigation

Advice Matters

• Advised client on pending International Trade Commission litigation campaign ahead of multi-million dollar acquisition
• Conducted detailed risk assessment for a large organization's compliance and regulatory functions and personnel
• Conducted risk assessment for an international security company's compliance program
• Advised national company on implications of commercial tenant leases
• Advised international company on issues relating to autorenewal policies
• Advised a national company on supply chain antitrust compliance
• Advised on an investigation involving fraud, corruption issue, theft, corruption and environmental issues for a US-based global services company
• Advised a regional business on zoning and compliance with zoning regulations
• Prepared code of conduct for international client
• Prepared corporate compliance presentation and trainings for international company