
R. Dennis Fairbanks
Counsel
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Virginia, U.S.A.
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Professional Career
Significant Accomplishments
- Silicon Knights, Inc. v. Epic Games, Inc. (E.D.N.C. 2012). In this wide-ranging copyright, trade-secret and contract dispute, responsible for client’s and opposing party’s damages, including interfacing with and deposing experts and direct and cross examination of damages experts and financial fact witnesses; the trial jury awarded significant damages to client Epic Games, including unpaid license fees and disgorgement of Silicon Knights’ profits.
- Energy Transportation Group, Inc. v. Sonic Innovation, Inc. et al., (D. Del. 2008). Responsible for discovery, research and depositions relating to one defendant in this multiparty patent-infringement case; successfully reached pre-trial settlement with defendant prior to two-week jury trial, after which the jury awarded combined damages of $31 million to the firm’s client from remaining defendants.
- TGIP v. InComm (E.D. Tex. 2007). Responsible for assessing damages claims on behalf of client InComm; obtained a successful partial summary judgment of non-infringement on the majority of alleged product sales, leading to a favorable eve-of-trial settlement.
Professional Associations
- Member, North Carolina Bar Association
- Member, American Bar Association
Professional Activities and Experience
- E. Randolph Williams Award for providing pro bono and community service, 2007, 2008, 2011
- Listed for intellectual property, Legal Elite, Business North Carolina magazine, 2013. A description of the selection methodology can be found on Business North Carolina’s webpage.
- Selected as a Rising Star for Intellectual Property Litigation, North Carolina Super Lawyers Magazine, 2014–2015. A description of the selection methodology can be found on Super Lawyers’ webpage.
Articles
- The Kimono Is Open: Strategically Blocking the View, Inside Counsel
- Getting Tough, Tough, Tough on Pirates, Legal Times
- Parody in the EU: A View from Across the Atlantic, Intellectual Property Magazine
- 2014 Patent Damages Year In Review
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