Fish & Richardson Wins Patent Infringement Case in Favor of the Chicago Board Options Exchange

NEW YORK, March 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Fish & Richardson announced today that it won a patent infringement case in favor of the Chicago Board Options Exchange Incorporated (CBOE) that had been brought by International Securities Exchange LLC (ISE) in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.  Moments before openings were set to begin in the March 14, 2013 trial, which had at stake over $400 million in damages plus trebling, ISE consented to entry of a judgment of non-infringement in favor of CBOE.

Fish won the case using a strategy that involved a series of pre-trial motions, including motions in limine to exclude certain evidence at trial.  The combined effect of several pretrial rulings in CBOE's favor led ISE to conclude that it could not present its case to a jury.

ISE sued CBOE in 2006 alleging that CBOE infringed its patent on an automated exchange.  CBOE operates the Hybrid Trading System, which combines manual open outcry and electronic trading.

The Fish trial team representing CBOE included David Francescani, Jonathan Marshall, and Michael Zoppo, principals in the firm's New York office, and New York associates Brian Doyle, Leah Edelman, and Jeffrey Mok.

Fish & Richardson is a global law firm providing strategic counseling and litigation services to innovative clients who seek to protect and maximize the value of their intellectual property (IP).  Founded in 1878, Fish's early clients included Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison and the Wright Brothers.  The firm has more than 400 attorneys and technology specialists practicing IP strategy and counseling, IP litigation, and commercial litigation.  Fish is consistently singled out for its superior technical expertise and great results, and has been named the top patent litigation firm in the country for nine consecutive years, the number one IP firm for America's biggest companies, and an elite top tier law practice.  For more information, visit www.fr.com or follow @fishrichardson on Twitter.

SOURCE Fish & Richardson

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