Steven McMahon Zeller

Significant Decisions

• Cargill, Inc. v. Canbra Foods, Ltd., 476 F.3d 1359 (Fed. Cir. 2007) and No. CV03-1209-MO, 2005 WL 3478178 (D. Or. Dec. 20, 2005)
• Affymax, Inc. v. Johnson & Johnson, Inc., 420 F.Supp.2d 876 (N.D. Ill. 2006)
• PAMI-LEMB I Inc. v. EMB-NHC, L.L.C., 857 A.2d 998 (Del. Ch. 2004)

Patent and Trade Secret Cases

• John Bean Technologies v. B GSE Group, et al(DUT). Represented plaintiff against former distributor and former employee, over theft of trade secrets, false designation of origin, and breach of contract claims relating to external air conditioning and power units for military aircraft. After obtaining summary judgment on majority of claims, including trade secret misappropriation and false designation of origin, received jury verdict on additional liability, compensatory and punitive damages.
• Berry v. Ford, No. 5:11-cv-10569 (E. D. Mich.) (granting client's motion for summary judgment on claims for inventorship and unjust enrichment)
• Coretech Int’l, Inc. v. Core Systems Int’l, LLC, No. 11-3152 (E.D. Pa.) (trade secrets)
• Groupon v. MobGob, No. 10-cv-07456 (N.D. Ill.) (patent)
• Lastar v. Liberty Wire & Cable, No. 10-cv-00127 (S.D. Ohio) (patent)

Trademark and Unfair Competition Cases Lanham Act

• Homewatch Int’l, Inc. v. Peter Rubens, et al., No. 11-cv-01627 (D. Col.)
• Infinium Capital Management Inc. v. Infinium Group, Inc., No. 10-cv-03105 (N.D. Ill.)
• Gail Green Licensing & Design Ltd., et al. v. Accord, Inc., No. 05 C 5303 (N.D. Ill.)
• Native American Arts, Inc. v. Ashton-Drake Galleries, Ltd., et al., No. 04 C 1414 (N.D. Ill.)