Samuel K. Lu is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Irell & Manella LLP, where he is a member of the intellectual property and litigation workgroups. Mr. Lu has counseled and represented clients in a number of patent-related matters.

Mr. Lu has lectured on a number of patent issues, most recently on "The Markman Hearing: A Patent Holder's Perspective on Planning, Preparing, and Negotiating" and "The Fundamentals of Preliminary Injunctions, Permanent Injunctions, and Temporary Restraining Orders in Patent Cases."

In 2004, 2005, and 2006, Mr. Lu was selected for inclusion in Los Angeles Magazine's Southern California "Rising Stars" in intellectual property law.

Representative Matters

Recent representative matters include the following:

Agilent Technologies, Inc. v. PixArt Imaging, Inc. and Elan Microelectronics Corp. (N.D. Cal.): Representing Agilent in the Northern District of California against PixArt and Elan in two separate patent infringement actions relating to Agilent's optical mouse sensor technology.

Plantronics, Inc. v. Fashion Electronics, Inc., Datel Design and Development, Ltd., and ESI Cases and Accessories, Inc. (N.D. Cal.): Represented Plantronics in the Northern District of California in multiple actions in which Plantronics has asserted design patent infringement, trade dress, and unfair competition claims relating to defendants' sales of cell phone headsets.

Semitool, Inc. v. Novellus Systems, Inc. (D. Ore.): Represented Novellus Systems in the District of Oregon against Semitool in an action in which Novellus alleged patent infringement by Semitool's copper plating processes and in which Semitool alleged patent infringement by Novellus' copper plating experiments.

NCR, Inc. v. Yahoo! Inc. (N.D. Cal.): Represented NCR in the Northern District of California in a patent infringement action involving NCR's portfolio of e-commerce patents.

Unova, Inc. v. Compaq Computer Corp. (C.D. Cal.): Unova, Inc. v. Hewlett-Packard Co. (C.D. Cal.): Represented Compaq in the defense of an action alleging infringement of patents relating to smart batteries and removable disk drives by Compaq's notebook computers and servers. Represented Hewlett-Packard in the defense of an action alleging infringement of patents relating to smart batteries by Hewlett-Packard's notebook computers.

Semitool, Inc. v. Novellus Systems, Inc. (N.D. Cal.): Represented Novellus Systems in the Northern District of California against Semitool in an action alleging patent infringement by Novellus' copper plating semiconductor manufacturing equipment. The case was decided in favor of Novellus on summary judgment and twice affirmed by the Federal Circuit.

Silicon Graphics, Inc. v. nVIDIA Corporation (D. Del.): Represented Silicon Graphics in a patent infringement action relating to Silicon Graphics' 3-D computer graphics technology.

Bar & Court Admissions

• 1994, California
• 1995, New York
• 1995, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
• 1996, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• 1998, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
• 2000, U.S. District Court, Central District of California
• 2001, U.S. Supreme Court; Registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office