Nina Tallon is a partner in the firm's Litigation/Controversy Department, and a member of the Intellectual Property Litigation Practice Group. She joined the firm in 2001.
Practice
Ms. Tallon's practice focuses on patent litigation. She has represented clients in jury and bench trials in state courts, Federal Courts, and in Section 337 matters before the US International Trade Commission. Ms. Tallon's cases have involved technologies such as flash memory devices, GPS, cellular and wireless communications, acoustics, telecommunications, diagnostic assays, enterprise management computer software, and municipal drinking water disinfection.
Ms. Tallon received a JD from Georgetown University Law Center in 2001, where she served as publications editor of The Tax Lawyer, Law Fellow in the Georgetown Legal Research and Writing Program, and as a teacher's assistant in Advanced Legal Writing in Practice. Ms. Tallon received an AB from Princeton University.
Ms. Tallon is admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the District of Columbia, and before the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Recent Highlights
- Representing respondent, a leading computer, mobile device and media player company, in a Section 337 investigation involving five patents before the International Trade Commission (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-794)
- Representing respondents, leading U.S. processor and computer companies, in a Section 337 Investigation involving five patents before the International Trade Commission (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-781)
- Represented respondent, a leading computer, mobile device and media player company, in Section 337 investigations involving 14 patents before the International Trade Commission; resulted in a determination of no violation and subsequent settlement (ITC Inv. Nos. 337-TA-701, 337-TA-771)
- Representing respondent, a leading computer, mobile device and media player company, in a Section 337 investigation before the International Trade Commission (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-701)
- Represented complainant in a Section 337 investigation concerning digital camera technology before the International Trade Commission; resulted in a determination of infringement and validity of the asserted patents and subsequent favorable settlement (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-663)
- Represented complainant, a leading global positioning system (GPS) and assisted GPS (A-GPS) semiconductor products and software company, in a Section 337 investigation before the International Trade Commission; resulted in a Final Determination of violation based on infringement and validity of all six asserted patents (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-602)
- Represented flash memory manufacturer accused of infringing patents in two successive Section 337 trials before the International Trade Commission, each resulting in a Final Determination of no violation (ITC Inv. Nos. 337-TA-526, 337-TA-560)
- Represented clinical diagnostics manufacturer accused of infringement in obtaining summary judgment of invalidity, which was affirmed by the Federal Circuit on appeal
- Represented IT management software provider in breach of contract jury trial, resulting in unanimous favorable verdict and damages award
Publications
Ms. Tallon is the author of:
2008 Patent Law Decisions of the Federal Circuit, 58 American University Law Review 747 (2009); http://www.wcl.american.edu/journal/lawrev/58/58-4.cfm
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