Attorney

DAVID ZISKIND

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Arlington, VA 22201

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703-***-****

EDUCATION

Cornell Law School Ithaca, NY

J.D., 2000

Technical Editor, Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY

M.S., Electrical Engineering, 1998

Thesis: Two Dimensional Inverse Modeling of a .25 m MOSFET

State University of New York Albany, NY

B.S., summa cum laude, Mathematics and Physics, 1996

LEGAL EXPERIENCE

VLIW Technology LLC New York, NY

Consultant, December 2008 - Present

• Conduct infringement analysis of Company's computer hardware patent portfolio.

• Assist outside counsel in licensing the patent portfolio to competitors infringing on claims contained within the Company’s patent portfolio.

Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, LLP (moved with group from Weil, Gotshal & Manges) Washington, DC

Intellectual Property Litigation Associate, May 2006 – October 2008

• Focused on patent litigation.

• Specialized experience with numerous technologies, including cases involving the semiconductor, software, telecommunications, and mechanical fields.

• Represented clients in all aspects of patent litigation, in various United States District Courts and before the International Trade Commission. This work included patent analysis and opinion work, claim construction, discovery, dispositive motions, deposing fact and expert witnesses, and settlement efforts.

• Maintained extensive contact with clients and opposing counsels.

• Worked closely with expert witnesses to generate effective technical arguments and produce detailed expert reports.

Weil, Gotshal & Manges Washington, DC

Intellectual Property Litigation Associate, November 2004 – May 2006

• Counseled clients in all aspects of patent litigation, in forums, including United States District Courts and the International Trade Commission.

• Presented direct witness in front of ALJ Barton in Inv. No. 523.

Howrey LLP Washington, DC

Intellectual Property Litigation Associate, August 2001- October 2004

• Prevailed in a federal jury trial resulting in a $62.3 million verdict against Microsoft Corporation for patent infringement.

• Represented clients in all aspects of patent litigation, including patent analysis and opinion work, claim construction, discovery, dispositive motions, settlement efforts, and trial support.

• Prepared and defended fact witnesses and technical experts.

Dewey Ballantine, LLP (Now Dewey & LeBoeuf) New York, NY

Corporate Associate, September 2000 – August 2001, Summer 1999

• Researched securities law issues.

• Performed due diligence on potential target companies.

• Reviewed corporate charter documents for takeover analysis.

Fish & Neave New York, NY

Summer Associate, 1998

• Researched and wrote memoranda on issues including patent exhaustion, patent misuse, and hindsight reconstruction

• Drafted sections of an appellate brief in a matter the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences.

REPRESENTATIVE CASES

Federal District Court Patent Cases

• Fastenetix, LLC v. Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Inc. and Medtronic Sofamor Danek USA, Inc. (D.N. J.) - Counsel for plaintiff Fastenetix (currently pending). Handled damages portion of multi-patent suit involving multi-axial pedicle screws for spinal implants. Settled favorably for Client.

• Matsushita Electrical Industrial Co., Ltd. v. CMC Magnetics Corp., Hotan Corp., KHyperMedia Corp. (N.D. Cal.) - Counsel for CMC Magnetics, Hotan, and KHyperMedia. Successfully defended CMC Magnetics, Hotan, and KHyperMedia in a three-patent suit brought by Matsushita on recordable and rewritable optical disc technology. The case settled favorably for the defendants.

• TimeCertain, LLC v. AuthentiDate Holding Corp. and AuthentiDate, Inc. (M.D. Fla.) - Counsel for AuthentiDate. Successfully defended AuthentiDate in a multi-patent suit against TimeCertain. Case involved software cryptography technology.

• ImagExpo LLC v. Microsoft (E.D. Va.) - Represented ImagExpo in litigation involving Microsoft’s NetMeeting, in which a jury awarded ImagExpo $62.3 million in compensatory damages, as well as a finding that Microsoft willfully infringed ImagExpo’s patent.

• MicroUnity Systems Engineering, Inc. v. Intel Corp. (E.D. Tex.) – Settled patent infringement against Intel involving claims in a multi-patent case brought by MicroUnity. Case involved microprocessor and microprocessor chipset technology.

International Trade Commission Cases

• Certain Optical Disc Controller Chips and Chipsets and Products Containing Same, Including DVD Players and PC Optical Storage Devices II (USITC) - Participated as trial counsel for MediaTek, Inc. in patent infringement suit against Zoran Corporation, Oak Technology, Inc. and Sunext Technology Co., Ltd. Case involved three patents relating to optical disc drive controller technology.

• Certain Color Television Receivers and Color Display Monitors and Components Thereof (USITC) - Successfully prosecuted patent infringement claims through a full trial in a multi-patent suit against BenQ Corporation and AU Optronics Corporation. The matter settled favorably for Thomson before a decision issued. Case involved LCD panel processing and circuitry technology.

OTHER EXPERIENCE

Advanced Micro Devices Austin, TX

Associate Engineer, June 1997- August 1997

• TCAD project using PISCES to examine DC parametrics and capacitance characteristics of MOSFETs.

• Devised method of extracting Leff from .25 m MOSFETs by reverse modeling of the overlap capacitance.

• Assisted with SUPREM and PISCES simulations to improve performance of a supersteep channel profile in MOSFETs.

• Drafted Master’s thesis using research results.

BAR ADMISSIONS

New York, 2001; District of Columbia, 2002

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