Natalie Alfaro Gonzales

Litigation

• Art+Com Innovationpool GmbH v. Google Inc. (District of Delaware) - Represented Art+Com in a patent case generally involving the methodology for displaying a pictorial representation of space related objects
• Bear Creek v. Mediacom (District of Delaware) - Defended Mediacom in a patent case concerning VoIP technologies
• Berman v. DIRECTV, LLC and AT&T Services, Inc. (Northern District of Texas) – Defended AT&T and DIRECTV in a patent case involving overlay technologies
• C-Cation Technologies v. Comcast Corporation, et al. (Eastern District of Texas) - Defended Cable One and Suddenlink in a patent case related to high-speed data systems
• Convolve v. Dell, Inc. et al. (Eastern District of Texas) - Defended Dell in a patent case related to vibration reduction in computer hard drives
• Createads v. Mediacom (District of Delaware) - Defended Mediacom in a patent case relating to website services technologies
• EIG, Inc. v. Tudor Pickering (Southern District of Texas) - Defended Tudor Pickering in a copyright infringement case involving industry-wide energy publications
• Elbit Systems Land and C41 Ltd. V. Hughes Network Systems, LLC (Eastern District of Texas) – Defending Hughes in a patent case involving satellite communications technologies
• EMG Technology, LLC v. Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. et al. (Eastern District of Texas) - Defended TD Ameritrade in a patent case related to mobile device technologies
• GlobeTecTrust v. Atlantic Broadband (District of Delaware) - Defended Atlantic Broadband in a patent case concerning optical and cable communication systems
• GlobeTecTrust v. Cable One (District of Delaware) - Defended Cable One in a patent case concerning optical and cable communication systems
• GlobeTecTrust v. Knology (District of Delaware) - Defended Knology in a patent case concerning optical and cable communication systems
• GlobeTecTrust v. Mediacom (District of Delaware) - Defended Mediacom in a patent case concerning optical and cable communication systems
• GlobeTecTrust v. RCN (District of Delaware) - Defended RCN in a patent case concerning optical and cable communication systems
• GlobeTecTrust v. Suddenlink (District of Delaware) - Defended Suddenlink in a patent case concerning optical and cable communication systems
• Keranos, LLC v. Analog Devices, Inc. (Eastern District of Texas) - Defended Toshiba in a patent case related to flash memory technology
• Net Navigation Systems, LLC v. Huawei (Eastern District of Texas) - Defended Huawei in a patent case related to network routing systems
• Pragmatus Telecom LLC v. Neiman Marcus Group, Inc. et al. (Eastern District of Texas) - Defended Wisteria in a patent case related to automated call distribution centers
• RecruitMe, LLC v. InfoStream Group Inc. (Eastern District of Texas) - Defended InfoStream in a patent case related to online database technology
• SimpleAir, Inc. v. Microsoft Corporation, et al. (Eastern District of Texas) - Defended Huawei in a patent case related to data transmission systems
• Solocron Education, LLC v. SumTotal Systems LLC and Skillsoft Corporation (Eastern District of Texas) – Defended Skillsoft and Sumtotal in a patent case involving learning management systems
• Sprint v. Cable One, Inc. (District of Kansas) - Defended Cable One in a patent case related to ATM switching and communication technologies
• TQP Development, LLC v. Cable One, Inc. (Eastern District of Texas) - Defended Cable One in a patent case related to encryption technologies
• TQP Development, LLC v. TD Ameritrade (Eastern District of Texas) - Defended TD Ameritrade in a patent case related to encryption technologies
• Transformer Protector Corporation v. William Kendrick and Sentry DS, Inc. (Southern District of Texas, Harris County Court) – Representing Transformer Protector in a false advertising and breach of contract action brought against defendants William Kendrick and Sentry DS, Inc.

Prosecution, Counseling, and Transactional

• Represented and counseled numerous companies in the energy and medical industries in connection with their intellectual property assets and various corporate transactions (IPOs, joint ventures, acquisitions, etc.)
• Preparation and prosecution of patents for a number of clients, including major oil field services companies