Bovich doggedly pursued a seemingly unwinnable case last year, helping Netgear invalidate a Fujitsu patent that had already been reexamined and validated three times by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

In the case, Fujitsu alleged Netgear's wireless routers, access points and interface cards infringed a Fujitsu patent that the two companies - and several others - had been negotiating for years. Fujitsu Ltd. v. Belkin International Inc. et al., 10-0397 (N.D. Cal., filed Sept. 3, 2010).

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