Gabriel Hedrick - Ghedrick@Handal-law.com

GABRIEL HEDRICK : Partner in the Firm, was admitted to the California State Bar in 2002 after graduating from the University of San Diego School of Law where he earned distinctions for his work in International Law. Mr. Hedrick earned a B.A. in Economics from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1996. Mr. Hedrick is an experienced civil litigator with a background in complex corporate transactional matters and civil litigation, including intellectual property litigation.

He has represented various multi-national companies, individuals, governmental entities, and national insurance companies in a wide variety of legal disputes involving issues of, among other things, intellectual property litigation in both Federal court and before the International Trade Commission, intellectual property licensing, corporate transactions, partnership and shareholder disputes, and contract disputes. Mr. Hedrick is a member in good standing with the State Bar of California and has also been admitted before the Supreme Court of The State of California, the United States District Courts for the Southern, Central and Northern Districts of California, the Ninth Circuit and Federal Circuit Courts of Appeal, and the United States Supreme Court.

Representative Litigation Matters:

• ITC 337 Investigations: Certain Automated Media Library Devices , U.S. International Trade Commission, Investigation No. 337-TA-746, representing five respondents in a Section 337 investigation involving automated data storage devices. Resulting in a complete victory after trial and appeal for the firm's client.
• Certain DVD Players and Recorders and Certain Products Containing Same , U.S. International Trade Commission, Investigation No. 337-TA-603, obtained favorable settlement for multiple respondents in Section 337 Investigation involving patented DVD player and DVD recorder technology.
• e.Digital Corporation v. Apple, Inc., et al. , U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, representing plaintiff patent holder in more than 20 patent infringement lawsuits against smartphone, tablet, and camera manufacturers and retailers in effort to enforce client's flash memory-related patents.
• Patent Harbor, LLC v. Audiovox Corporation, et al. , U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Case No. 6:10-cv-361-LED-JDL, Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, Docket No. 13-1341, representing defendant and appellee in patent infringement litigation involving technology for generating and displaying DVD content menus.
• Guardian Media Technologies, Ltd. v. Acer America Corporation, et al. , U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Case No. 6:10-cv-597-LED, representing three defendants in patent infringement litigation related to parental control technology for DVD players and TVs.
• Patent Harbor, LLC v. Audiovox Corporation, et al. , U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Case No. 6:10-cv-361-LED-JDL, representing defendant in patent infringement litigation involving technology for generating and displaying DVD content menus.
• Collins, et al. v. Western Digital Technologies, Inc. et al. , U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Case No. 2:09-cv-219-DF, obtained favorable settlement for defendant in patent infringement litigation involving diamond like carbon coating for computer hard disc drives.
• Multimedia Patent Trust v. Directv, Inc., et al . U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, Case No. 3:09-cv-278-JAH-CAB, obtained favorable settlement for defendant in patent infringement litigation involving MPEG-2 encoding and decoding technologies.
• Maldonado v. Belt Drives, Ltd . , United States District Court for the Southern District of California, Case No. 3:08-cv-1431, obtained favorable settlement for plaintiff in patent infringement litigation related to a patented motorcycle brake design.

Patent Litigation - cont:

• Technology Licensing Company, Inc. v. jWIN Electronics Corporation , United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Case No. 3:08-cv-3802, obtained favorable settlement for defendant in patent infringement litigation involving a system and method of making and/or viewing DVDs.
• Technology Licensing Company, Inc. v. Memcorp, Inc. , United States District Court, Northern District of California, Case No. 06-cv-7110, obtained favorable settlement for Defendant in patent infringement litigation involving a system and method of making and/or viewing DVDs.
• Koninklijke Philips Electronics, et al. v. International Disc Manufacturer, et al ., United States District Court for the Southern District of California, Case No. CV06-2468, obtained favorable settlement for defendants in dispute over patent license royalties.

Representative Trademark, Licensing and other Business Litigation:

• Those Characters From Cleveland, Inc. v. The Singing Machine Company, Inc . State of Ohio, Court of Common Pleas, Cuyahoga County, Case No. CV09-692823, obtained favorable settlement for Defendant in dispute over copyright/trademark license agreement.
• CN Capital, Inc. v. CalAmp Corp., et al., Superior Court of California , County of Ventura, Case No. CIV243567, obtained favorable settlement for defendants and cross-complainants arising from dispute over an asset purchase agreement.
• Orient Power Hi-Fi Manufacturing Limited v. Peavey Electronics Corporation , Superior Court of California, County of San Diego, Case No. 37-2007-66460, obtained favorable settlement for Hong Kong manufacturer/supplier plaintiff in dispute over approximately $1 million in unpaid invoices.
• Surround the Sound Media Corp. v. International Disc Manufacturer, et al. , Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, Case No. SC94612, obtained favorable settlement for defendant and cross-complainant DVD disc manufacturer in contract dispute.

Trademark, Licensing and other Business Litigation - cont

• The Singing Machine Company, Inc. v. MGA Entertainment, Inc., United States District Court for the Central District of California, Case No. 2:10-cv-4536, obtained favorable settlement for plaintiff in trademark and copyright licensing dispute related to the "Bratz" line of children's toys.
• Chan, et al. v. Lin, et al ., Superior Court for the State of California, County of Los Angeles, Case No. BC401139, obtained multi-million dollar settlement for Hong Kong based plaintiffs in complex partnership dispute and shareholder derivative action against approximately twenty corporate and individual defendants.
• Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc. v. Starlight International Holdings, Ltd., et al ., United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, obtained favorable settlement for Hong Kong based defendant in case involving alleged underpayment of royalties on a license agreement.
• Starlite Consumer Electronics (USA), Inc. v. Petters Consumer Brands LLC , International Center for Dispute Resolution Case No. 50 117 T 00129 08, representing Claimant in arbitration involving breach of contract claim based on alleged failure to pay over $1 million in past due invoice.