- Acumen Powered by Robins Kaplan LLP®
- Affirmative Recovery
- American Indian Law and Policy
- Antitrust and Trade Regulation
- Appellate Advocacy and Guidance
- Business Litigation
- Civil Rights and Police Misconduct
- Class Action Litigation
- Commercial/Project Finance and Real Estate
- Corporate Governance and Special Situations
- Corporate Restructuring and Bankruptcy
- Domestic and International Arbitration
- Entertainment and Media Litigation
- Health Care Litigation
- Insurance and Catastrophic Loss
- Intellectual Property and Technology Litigation
- Mass Tort Attorneys
- Medical Malpractice Attorneys
- Personal Injury Attorneys
- Telecommunications Litigation and Arbitration
- Wealth Planning, Administration, and Fiduciary Disputes
Acumen Powered by Robins Kaplan LLP®
Ediscovery, Applied Science and Economics, and Litigation Support Solutions
-
March 26, 2024Ronald Schutz, Brendan Johnson Named to Forbes Top 200 Lawyers in the United States
-
March 21, 2024Robins Kaplan Firm Members Appointed to Law360 Editorial Boards
-
March 20, 2024Brandon Vaughn Inducted into The International Society of Barristers
-
April 5, 2024Mass Torts Made Perfect
-
April 17, 2024American Antitrust Institute Virtual CLE Lunch & Learn
-
May 2-3, 2024ACI Advanced Forum on Managed Care Disputes and Litigation
-
March 22, 2024‘In re Cellect’:
-
March 14, 2024How Many Cases Have You Tried to a Verdict?
-
March 2024Do We Have to Share That Information? Attorney-Client Privilege in the Multi-Entity Context
-
September 16, 2022Uber Company Systems Compromised by Widespread Cyber Hack
-
September 15, 2022US Averts Rail Workers Strike With Last-Minute Tentative Deal
-
September 14, 2022Hotter-Than-Expected August Inflation Prompts Massive Wall Street Selloff
Find additional firm contact information for press inquiries.
Find resources to help navigate legal and business complexities.
St. Clair Settles Patent Litigation with Canon
May 1, 2006
Minneapolis, Minn. – May 1, 2006. St. Clair Intellectual Property Consultants, Inc. announces that it has resolved its patent dispute with Canon Inc. and Canon U.S.A., Inc. (Canon).
On February 28, 2003, St. Clair sued Canon in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware charging Canon with infringing four patents covering digital camera technology. The case proceeded to trial and on October 8, 2004 a jury awarded St. Clair $34.7 million in damages.
On March 17, 2006, St. Clair and Canon entered into a Settlement Agreement that resolves the litigation between them. The settlement includes a payment from Canon to St. Clair. Canon also waived its claim that St. Clair does not own the patents. All other terms of the Agreement are confidential.
In a separate development, the United States Patent and Trademark Office, in response to a request to reexamine the patents, reaffirmed the patentability of all claims of the patents.
St. Clair is represented by Ronald J. Schutz, Chair of the Intellectual Property Litigation Practice Group at the national law firm of Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P., which, in January 2004, was named by the American Lawyer as having the Intellectual Property Litigation Department of the Year.
St. Clair Intellectual Property Consultants, Inc. is based in Grosse Pointe, Michigan. St. Clair is engaged in intellectual property development and licensing. Other licensees of St. Clair for the patents asserted against Canon include: Sony Corporation, Nikon Corporation, Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Konica-Minolta, Seiko Epson Corporation, Casio Computer Co., Ltd., Kyocera Corporation, Pentax Corporation, and Samsung Techwin Co., Ltd.
Related Professionals
Related Publications
Related News
If you are interested in having us represent you, you should call us so we can determine whether the matter is one for which we are willing or able to accept professional responsibility. We will not make this determination by e-mail communication. The telephone numbers and addresses for our offices are listed on this page. We reserve the right to decline any representation. We may be required to decline representation if it would create a conflict of interest with our other clients.
By accepting these terms, you are confirming that you have read and understood this important notice.