McBride, Kevin G.

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Kevin has significant experience in patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret litigation, with an emphasis in high-technology matters. He has appeared in actions brought in state and federal courts and before the U.S. International Trade Commission. Kevin also has substantial experience in intellectual property licenses, joint ventures, and technology development transactions across a wide range of technologies, including software, semiconductors, smart cards, encryption, and digital signal processing. Representative clients include Hughes Electronics Corporation, Hughes Space and Communications Company, Hughes Aircraft Company, DIRECTV, Motorola, Cardiac Science, and American Honda Motor Company.

Kevin is admitted to practice in the state courts of California and Illinois and before the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the Courts of Appeals for the Seventh and Federal Circuits, and other federal district courts. He has authored or coauthored several articles on intellectual property and has made presentations during workshops held at the Licensing Executive Society annual meetings. Kevin lectures frequently on intellectual property issues at the Anderson School of Business of the University of California, Los Angeles. He also has presented workshops on intellectual property as part of the CalTech-MIT Enterprise Forum.

Areas of Practice

• Intellectual Property
• Copyrights & Trademarks
• Patent Litigation
• Life Sciences

Representative Cases

• Ace Novelty wins summary judgment in patent infringement suit involving troll dolls , (2009)
• Cardiac Science settles favorably in patent infringement action concerning automatic electronic defibrillator technology , (2009)
• DIRECTV defends against patent infringement charges involving direct broadcast satellite TV
• DIRECTV defends against patent infringement claims relating to TV tuning , (2009)
• DIRECTV defends patent infringement charges over broadcast satellite TV
• DIRECTV enforces its trademark rights in several jurisdictions , (2009)
• DIRECTV resolves patent infringement dispute concerning pay-per-view technology
• DIRECTV wins full victory in Federal Circuit patent appeal , (2009)
• DIRECTV wins jury verdict of noninfringement for pay-per-view satellite TV broadcasts
• DIRECTV wins summary judgment in patent infringement action involving satellite TV guides
• Fed. Cir. affirms ITC noninfringement ruling for DIRECTV et al.
• Honda resolves patent infringement dispute initiated by Orion over electronic parts catalogs
• Honda successfully defends patent infringement charges involving tire-hanging apparatus used on automobile lifts
• Hughes Aircraft resolves patent infringement charges involving satellite systems , (2009)
• Hughes Space & Communications obtains jury verdict in antitrust litigation involving patent procurement , (2009)
• Hughes Space and Communications wins summary judgment in suit involving technology for satellite rescue , (2009)
• Komatsu seizes bulldozers bearing counterfeit trademark in U.S.
• Kraft prevails in trademark and trade dress issues involving Polar B'ar and Knudsen
• Morton Int'l successfully pursues trade secret theft claims against former employee and competitor involving petroleum dye technology
• Motorola and Freescale resolve patent infringement suit brought by Analog Devices involving microchip fabrication , (2009)
• Motorola wins favorable jury verdict in trade secret case involving radio/telephone technology
• Rand McNally wins consent injunction in patent infringement suit involving map products
• VIZIO settles patent infringement dispute with Sony over television technology , (2009)

West Practice Categories

Copyrights, Intellectual Property Law, International Intellectual Property, Patent Litigation, Patents, Technology Licensing, Trade Dress, Trade Secrets, Trademarks

Bar Admissions

• California
• Illinois

Education

• Northwestern University
• U of California - Davis
• U of Notre Dame

Published Works

• Customs Detention of Copyrighted Goods/Is Detention Valid? presented at the 1992 ABA Annual Meeting, 1992
• Section 337: A Lawyer's Perspective, Patent World, 1991
• Attributing Knowledge to a Corporation as an Element of Laches in a Suit for Patent Infringement, 80 Nw. U.L. Rev., cited in A.C. Aukerman Co. v. R.L. Chaides Construction Co., 960 F.2d 1020 n.15 (Fed. Cir. 1992), 1985

Address

555 South Flower Street
Fiftieth Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90071-2300

Phones

1.213.243.2686 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.213.243.2539 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

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