Maclain Wells is an associate in the Los Angeles office of Irell & Manella LLP, where he specializes in patent litigation.  Mr. Wells has assisted clients in numerous intellectual property matters, including cases relating to digital video recorders, computer hard drives, and lcd panels.

Representative Matters

Recent representative matters include the following:

AmberWave v. Intel Corp. (D. Del., E.D. Texas):  Represented AmberWave, a 20 person engineering firm in New Hampshire, in a set of patent litigations involving 5 AmberWave patents relating to advanced semiconductor materials.

TiVo Inc. v. EchoStar Communications Corporation (E.D. Texas):  Represents TiVo in connection with patent infringement suits in the Eastern District of Texas involving digital video recording ("DVR") products and services. In March 2004, TiVo filed an action against EchoStar for patent infringement. In May 2006, a team of lawyers from Irell & Manella LLP obtained a jury verdict in favor of TiVo that EchoStar willfully infringed a TiVo patent and awarding TiVo $74 million in damages (plus additional amounts for interest and supplemental damages). In 2005, EchoStar filed a separate patent infringement lawsuit against TiVo based on patents acquired from a third party. In July 2006, the Court granted TiVo's motion to stay EchoStar's action against TiVo pending the completion of reexamination of the patents in the United States Patent Office.

Bar & Court Admissions

• 2002, California
• United States Patent and Trademark Office
• U.S. Courts of Appeals, Ninth and Federal Circuits
• U.S. District Court, Northern and Central Districts of California