David St. John-Larkin

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Denver Office
1050 Seventeenth Street
Suite 1950
Denver, CO
80265-0100 USA

ph: 303.357.1670
fax: 303.357.1671

Assistant:

Sandra Bourassa
sbourassa@merchantgould.com
303.357.1658

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David St. John-Larkin is a registered patent attorney whose intellectual property practice emphasizes patent prosecution, licensing, and litigation support, as well as strategic patent portfolio management and analysis. Dave regularly counsels clients about developing, protecting, and monetizing their intellectual property assets. His practice also includes providing infringement, freedom to operate, and validity opinions, as well as client-counseling related to contract, trademark and trade secret matters.

Dave primarily specializes in the fields of computer science and electrical engineering, although his patent law background spans a wide range of technologies, including telecommunications (cable, satellite, wireless, and broadband), computer hardware and architecture, computer software (open source and proprietary), computer networking, data communications and protocols, digital and analog circuits, signal processing, semiconductors, medical devices, mechanical devices, and business methods. His technical background includes extensive programming experience in several programming languages on platforms including Microsoft-, Linux- and UNIX-based client-server networks.

Prior to joining Merchant & Gould, Dave worked as an Associate with Greenberg Traurig and as Corporate Patent Counsel for EchoStar Communications Corporation (now Dish Network Corporation, NASDAQ: DISH). His patent-related work at EchoStar encompassed licensing, patent prosecution, patent litigation, and trademark prosecution. During law school, Dave also interned for Cable Television Laboratories (CableLabs), Inc.

Dave is very active in the community, sitting on the board of the Silicon Flatirons center and volunteering for the Denver Center for Crime Victims.

Dave is also an avid drummer and spends his spare time trying to attend Rush concerts.

Education

Northwestern University
B.S., Social Policy, with honors, 1997

Michigan Technological University
B.S., Computer Science, magna cum laude, 2002

University of Colorado School of Law
J.D., 2003
Production Editor, Journal on Telecommunications and High Technology Law
Member, University of Colorado Law Review
Team Captain, Best Brief Award & Runner-Up, National Telecommunications Moot Court Competition

Bar Admissions

Colorado, 2003
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 2004

Professional Affiliations

Board Member, Silicon Flatirons Center at the University of Colorado School of Law
Member, Colorado Bar Association
Member, Denver Bar Association
Member, American Intellectual Property Law Association
Member, American Bar Association
Volunteer, The Denver Center for Crime Victims

Professional Listings

2010 Rising Star, Colorado Super Lawyers

Significant Representations

Acacia Media Technologies Corp. v. Comcast Corp., et al., Case No. 05 CV 01114 JW (MDL No 1665) (N.D. Cal.): Represented EchoStar (now the Dish Network) with respect to a multi-district litigation involving video-on-demand ("VOD") and streaming media technology.

Barry W. Thomas v. EchoStar Satellite, LLC, Case No. 05 CV 494 (W.D. N.C.): Represented EchoStar with respect to a patent lawsuit involving pay-per-view television technology.

EchoStar Satellite LLC, et al. v. Finisar Corporation, Case No. 06 CV 425 (D. Del.): Represented EchoStar with respect to a patent lawsuit involving electronic program guide ("EPG") and digital video transmission technology.

EchoStar Technologies Corp. v. TiVo et al., Case No. 5-05CV-81 (E.D. Tex.): Represented EchoStar with respect to a patent lawsuit involving digital video recorder ("DVR") technology.

Forgent Networks, Inc. v. EchoStar Communications Corporation, et al., Case No. 2:05-CV-318 (E.D. Tex.): Represented EchoStar with respect to a patent lawsuit involving DVR technology.

Lippert Components v. Dexter Chassis, Case No. 06 CV 00762 (D. Del.): Represented Dexter Chassis in a patent infringement suit involving trailer chassis design technology.

Superguide Corporation v. DirecTV et al., Case No. 00 CV 00144 (W.D. N.C.): Represented EchoStar with respect to a patent lawsuit involving EPG technology.

TiVo, Inc. v. EchoStar Communications Corp. et al., Case No. 2-04CV01 DF (E.D. Tex.): Represented EchoStar with respect to a patent lawsuit involving DVR technology.

Trans Video Electronics, Ltd. v. EchoStar Communications Corp. et al., Case No. 5:06 CV 5033 (N.D. Cal.): Represented EchoStar with respect to a patent lawsuit involving video distribution technology.

Univera Lifesciences Inc. v. Bluebonnet Nutrition Corp., Case No. C06-5721-RBL (W.D. Wash.): Represented Univera with respect to a trademark litigation involving dietary supplements.

• Speaker, Open Source Software and Patent Litigation, Silicon Flatirons Center at the University of Colorado School of Law - April 2010

• Speaker, 7th Annual Rocky Mountain Intellectual Property and Technology Institute - May 2009

• Speaker, Slash But Don't Burn? - Prioritizing Intellectual Property in a Recession, at the Monthly Meeting of the Association for Corporate Counsel, Colorado Chapter - April 2009

• Co-Author, Invention Harvesting Begins At The Top, Law360 - July 2009

• Author, Cablevision: Remote DVR Service Creates Copyright Challenges for Content Providers, Intellectual Property Today - September 2009

• Co-Author, Initiating Licensing Discussions After Sandisk & Seagate: What Is A Patent Owner To Do?, Merchant & Gould Whitepaper: The Edge - November 2008

• Author, 2003 Technical Papers Collection of the National Cable Telecommunications Association

Areas of Expertise

• Patent Prosecution, Strategic Patent Analysis, and Portfolio Management

• Patent Litigation

• Non-Infringement and Invalidity Opinions

• Licensing and Technology Transfer

• Trademark, Trade Secret, and Antitrust