Evette D. Pennypacker

 

Silicon Valley Office
Tel: 650-801-5000
Fax: 650-801-5100
evettepennypacker@quinnemanuel.com
Practice Areas
Class Action Litigation
Intellectual Property Litigation

Education

University of California Hastings College of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1999)

American Jurisprudence Award--Contracts,

Administrative Law: Moot Court Best Brief

Milton D. Green Top Ten Citation: Award Recipient

Order of the Coif

Thurston Honor Society (Top 2%)

Hastings Law Journal

 

University of California, Santa Cruz (B.A., Cultural Anthropology, 1992)





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Biography

 

Evette D. Pennypacker is a Partner in the Silicon Valley office of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, LLP.  Evette's practice focuses on complex business and intellectual property litigation, including patent, copyright and trademark infringement, unfair competition, trade secret misappropriation, and consumer class action lawsuits. 




Representative Clients

 

In the area of computer software and related technology, Ms. Pennypacker has represented Electronic Arts Inc., Intuit, Inc., AOL, Tegic, Motorola, LendingTree, NexTag, Good Technology, RealNetworks, Corbis, and PeopleSoft in a variety of lawsuits, including patent, copyright, trade secret, trademark, false advertising, unfair competition, class action, breach of contract and other commercial disputes.

 

In the area of computer, cellular telephone and other hardware technology, Ms. Pennypacker has represented Motorola, Nokia, BenQ, Chi Mei, Siemens, Samsung, Sony, Curitel, HTC, Panasonic, NEC, Sagem, Sanyo, Sharp, LG, LogiTech, GameTech International, Inc., Good Technology, and Toolz, Inc. in patent infringement litigation.




Notable Representations

 

Represented GameTech International, Inc. in patent infringement suit involving claims that GameTech offered for sale patented bingo game methods.  Obtained summary judgment of non-infringement and invalidity in the District of Nevada just before trial through creative use of motions in limine.  The Federal Circuit affirmed these victories. 

 

Represented 27 cell phone companies, including Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, Sony, Panasonic, Sanyo and Sharp in multi-defendant patent litigation brought by the University of Texas in the Western District of Texas.  Patent at issue related to text input on limited keyboards.  Won summary judgment of non-infringement for all defendants. 

 

Represented Electronic Arts in patent infringement case involving multi-user computer gaming.  Successfully opposed preliminary injunction and obtained a favorable settlement.

 

Represented Intuit, Inc. in consumer class action.  Obtained dismissal of lawsuit on demurrer.

 

Represented RealNetworks, Inc. in lawsuit involving 5 patents directed to streaming media.  Obtained summary judgment of invalidity for all asserted claims under the Supreme Court’s recent decision in KSR.

 

Represented Toolz, Inc., a laser leveling tool manufacture in a variety of patent infringement lawsuits. Successfully opposed preliminary injunction for alleged design patent infringement and trade dress infringement in the Northern District of Illinois.  Obtained summary judgment of breach of contract and patent infringement claims against CEO in the Northern District of California.

 

Represented Good Technology, Inc. in multi-venue lawsuit involving patent infringement, trade secret misappropriation, breach of contract, trademark, and copyright claims.  Defeated TRO and preliminary injunction for alleged trade secret misappropriation and breach of contract claims in Los Angeles Superior court and obtained favorable settlement of remaining claims.

 

Represented Corbis Corporation in numerous copyright enforcement actions in New York, Texas and California.  Obtained permanent injunctions and favorable settlements.