Kara E.F. Cenar

Kara has handled several significant and complex jury and bench trials, ITC proceedings, and litigation involving patents covering medical and surgical devices, medical simulation devices, dental tools and instruments, Internet, computer and software technology, telecommunications, cellphone technology, gift and debit card technology, automotive parts and replacement parts, and electronic and mechanical devices. 

By way of example, she:

• Successfully defended a patent infringement case involving medical simulation devices, four patents, and multiple international defendants, including obtaining a transfer out of the Eastern District of Texas.

• Obtained a judgment of non-infringement (affirmed by Federal Circuit) in patent infringement bench trial litigation in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania involving methods of making inserts and transducer activated tools for ultrasonically activated tooth-cleaning tools.

• Obtained a $17+ million jury verdict and permanent injunction, plus an ongoing royalty payment during a transition period in patent infringement litigation involving four touch-screen user-interface patents for hemodialysis machines and related disposable products in the Northern District of California.

In the area of design patent infringement litigation, Kara has been involved in litigation and ITC proceedings concerning the automotive after-market parts, consumer products, and power tool industries.