Andres Healy is a sought-after trial lawyer who specializes in intellectual property and complex commercial disputes and represents clients ranging from multi-billion-dollar industry leaders to individual inventors.

Results

Mr. Healy’s results speak for themself. He has secured a significant number of wins on behalf of clients like Dutch telecommunications provider Koninklijke KPN N.V. (KPN) and technology innovator Ancora Technologies Inc. These victories have included:

• Winning a $31.5 million jury victory on behalf of KPN against Swedish telecom giant Ericsson in a patent infringement suit relating to telecom network equipment. The verdict concluded a more than five-year dispute between the companies, with the jury awarding KPN the full amount of damages claimed. Read more in Texas Lawyer, Law360, IAM, or here.
• Persuading the Federal Circuit to reverse the invalidation of one of KPN’s patents and hold that it is valid under 35 U.S.C. § 101 as a matter of law. Law360 covered this precedent-setting news in Fed. Circ. Says Judge Wrongly Axed Data Patent As Abstract. Read more.
• Convincing the Federal Circuit to reject a challenge by HTC Corporation to the “long-established rule that suits against aliens are wholly outside the operation of all the federal venue laws, general and special.”  This landmark result was covered by Law360* and the Delaware Business Court Insider.* Read more.
• Successfully arguing for the US District Court for the Western District of Texas to deny motions for summary judgment filed by LG Electronics against Ancora Technologies. The case settled shortly thereafter. Read more.
• Nabbing a win for KPN when he persuaded the US District Court for the District of Delaware to grant summary judgment to KPN several FRAND and other counterclaims brought against it by leading smartphone manufacturers such as HTC, Lenovo/Motorola, and BlackBerry.
• Securing summary judgement from the US District Court for the District of Delaware for KPN that it did not breach an obligation to license its intellectual property on FRAND terms. The case settled shortly thereafter.

Praise

Results like these are just a part of the reason why KPN’s Chief Intellectual Property Officer, Dr. Koenraad Wuyts, relies on Mr. Healy to oversee and run his U.S. litigation:

“[Mr. Healy] is one of the best patent lawyers in America. Not only does he get great results, but he is efficient and always quick to respond to my requests. He really cares about his clients and their cases.”
Dr. Koenraad Wuyts, Chief Intellectual Property Officer, KPN

Dr. Wuyts is not alone. Mr. Healy has been named to the Benchmark Litigation’s 40 and Under Hot List every year since becoming a partner at Susman Godfrey. In their analysis of Mr. Healy, Benchmark wrote in part:

“Based in Susman Godfrey’s Seattle office, Andres Healy focuses his practice on commercial and intellectual property litigation. Healy has substantial experience representing plaintiffs in patent infringement actions …. In the last year, Healy successfully represented a Dutch telecommunications company against patent infringement claims brought by several of the client’s competitors. In addition, Healy currently serves lead counsel to 3G Licensing on a number of patent-related matters.”
Benchmark Litigation, 2020

Mr. Healy also was named to Best Lawyer’s inaugural 2020 Ones to Watch list for his work in Commercial Litigation and subsequently was named to its 2021 Ones to Watch List for his work in Commercial Litigation, IP Litigation, and Patent Litigation. This recognition is particularly rewarding as it is based on peer review methodology, which identifies lawyers who have been “recognized early in their careers for outstanding professional excellence.”

Background

Mr. Healy joined Susman Godfrey’s Seattle office after graduating first in his class from the University of Florida Levin College of Law and completing federal clerkships for The Honorable Richard C. Tallman of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and The Honorable Robert S. Lasnik of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington.

Mr. Healy is admitted to practice in Washington and Florida and has appeared and argued in a number of federal courts across the country, including the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and United States District Court for the District of Delaware, the Eastern and Western Districts of Texas, the Southern District of New York, and the Western District of Washington.

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