Ben Manne

“They should remove the ‘E’ from Ben Manne’s last name. He’s the man.”

– Client, following favorable patent litigation settlement

Ben Manne represents plaintiffs and defendants in complex commercial, intellectual property, and environmental litigation in state and federal courts. His intellectual property practice spans patent, trade secret, and technology licensing disputes involving aerospace and semiconductor technology, software, and digital media.

Ben develops trial strategy, manages litigation teams, and coordinates complex discovery and expert work in technically demanding disputes.

NOTABLE REPRESENTATIONS

• In re Flint Water Crisis Litigation (E.D. Mich.). Helped secure a $626.25 million settlement for residents and others harmed by the Flint water crisis. The settlement resolved claims against the State of Michigan, the City of Flint, and other defendants arising from the contamination of the city’s drinking water. Public Justice recognized the litigation team as a finalist for its 2022 Trial Attorney of the Year Award.
• BML Properties Ltd. v. China Construction America Inc. et al.(New York Supreme Ct.). Represented BML Properties in litigation that resulted in a $1.6 billion judgment against China Construction America and related entities. The fraud and contract dispute arose from the development of the Baha Mar resort in the Bahamas.
• Wilson Aerospace v. Boeing (W.D. Wash.). Represents Wilson Aerospace in trade secret and contract litigation against Boeing concerning proprietary tooling developed for space applications, including NASA’s Space Launch System.
• Haptic, Inc. v. Apple, Inc. (N.D. Cal.). Represents a smart-home technology company in patent litigation against Apple concerning the iPhone’s Back Tap feature, which allows users to activate functions by tapping the back of the device.
• Cornish-Adebiyi, et al. v. Caesars’ Entertainment, Inc., et al. (D. N.J.; 3rd Cir.).Helped secure a precedential Third Circuit decision reversing dismissal of a proposed antitrust class action alleging that Atlantic City casino hotels fixed room prices through a shared AI-powered pricing platform. Read more coverage at Law360, Bloomberg Law, the New Jersey Law Journal, MLex, NJ.com, and the Global Competition Review. 
• SUNY RF v. Inpria Corporation et al. (N.D. N.Y.). Represents The Research Foundation for The State University of New York in litigation against Inpria Corporation and JSR Corporation concerning university-industry research agreements, inventorship, and intellectual property rights relating to semiconductor photoresist technology.  
• ChargeLogic LLC v. Tesla, Inc. (W.D. Tex.). Represents ChargeLogic in patent infringement litigation against Tesla involving technology for scheduling, controlling, and monitoring electric vehicle charging. Read more at Bloomberg Law.
• Online Video Patent Litigation (E.D. Tex.). Represented a real estate technology company in a patent infringement action against a multinational digital media production and streaming company. The dispute involved video-based commerce systems and concluded with a confidential settlement.
• Cape Fear GenX/PFAS Litigation (E.D. N.C.). Represents plaintiffs in a class action against DuPont and Chemours seeking relief for harm caused by decades of discharges of GenX and other toxic PFAS chemicals into the water supply in the Cape Fear River basin. Click here or here for coverage.  

Additional experience includes intellectual property licensing litigation for a Seattle-area hospital, trade secret litigation involving a tax software company, a commercial contract dispute between competing building materials distributors, oil and gas lease disputes, and wrongful death and catastrophic injury litigation for a national retailer.

Ben has also represented pro bono a Congolese asylum seeker in their petition for protection in the United States.

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