Deepak Gupta, Associate

Notable Engagements for Intellectual Property and Technology

• Copyright
  Warner Bros. Records, Inc., et al. v. SeeqPod, Inc. - We are defending search engine SeeqPod in a copyright infringement matter brought by Warner Brothers Records and several other major music labels in the Central District of California.  Warner is alleging that SeeqPod's technology allows the infringement of copyrighted materials, and is seeking a preliminary injunction.  We are defending the action based on a number of "safe harbors" under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA").
• Patent
  Akeena Solar et al. v. Zep Solar et al. - Defending Zep Solar and groSolar in a patent infringement lawsuit filed in the Northern District of California relating to efficient techniques for mounting solar panels.  After obtaining an early dismissal of Plaintiffs' claim for declaratory judgment of noninfringement because there was no subject matter jurisdiction as to this claim, we sought a stay of the litigation pending an inter partes reexamination of the patent-in-suit in the Patent and Trademark Office ("PTO"). The court recently granted our motion, staying the action pending completion of the reexamination proceedings.

Notable Engagements for Renewable Energy And Clean Technologies

• Patent
  Akeena Solar et al. v. Zep Solar et al. - Defending Zep Solar and groSolar in a patent infringement lawsuit filed in the Northern District of California relating to efficient techniques for mounting solar panels.  After obtaining an early dismissal of Plaintiffs' claim for declaratory judgment of noninfringement because there was no subject matter jurisdiction as to this claim, we sought a stay of the litigation pending an inter partes reexamination of the patent-in-suit in the Patent and Trademark Office ("PTO"). The court recently granted our motion, staying the action pending completion of the reexamination proceedings.

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