Gerald (Jerry) Ivey has extensive experience in the areas of civil litigation and trial advocacy. He concentrates his practice primarily on jury trial patent cases involving Internet, computer software and hardware issues, biotechnology, medical devices, and mechanical products. He also has extensive experience and expertise with trade secrets litigation and counseling. He has tried 79 cases to juries in federal and state courts, and is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation.
Jerry has acted as lead trial counsel in jury cases involving an array of technologies, including: computer software; optical character recognition technology; parental controls; hardware and software boot-up security; graphic user interface technologies; VOIP technologies; semiconductors; automated key duplication machinery; cases involving self-balancing vehicles; wind and jet engine turbines; cases for biomechanical devices including cardiovascular stents; diagnostic test kits; and pharmaceutical products, such as glaucoma, arthritis, and autoimmune medications.
Jerry serves as co-director and lecturer at the University of Virginia Law School Trial Advocacy Institute. He previously served as an adjunct professor instructing third-year law students in trial advocacy for 15 years at the George Washington University Law School. He was also an instructor at the George Washington University Law School/D.C. Bar Association College of Trial Advocacy. Jerry has been an instructor for various trial advocacy programs sponsored by the American College of Trial Lawyers. He has lectured at various American Bar Association, Practicing Law Institute, and Defense Research Institute programs.
Jerry has been recognized by The Legal 500 U.S. for patent litigation and voted by his peers for inclusion in the Top IP Lawyers by Washingtonian Magazine. He received the Honorable William J. Brennan, Jr. Award for Outstanding Trial Advocacy Skills.
Representative Experience:
- Represented ABBYY and Lexmark as lead trial counsel in a jury trial for a patent and trade dress case involving optical character recognition technology, obtaining complete defense jury verdict on all issues, and client not liable or $260 million in alleged damages. The Federal Circuit affirmed the district court’s judgment.
- Achieved prominent wins for clients Volkswagen, Audi, Bentley, and Lamborghini
by defending them against multiple allegations of patent infringement involving power electronics and power semiconductor structures at the International Trade Commission and the Eastern District of Texas, and by securing institution of inter partes reviews on patents at issue at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
- Obtained a defense verdict at trial on behalf of FedEx against IV in a $100 million patent infringement suit related to shipping and tracking technology, with Judge Gilstrap presiding, and all asserted patents being found not to be infringed with three of the four patents being invalidated. The final patent was found patent ineligible under §101 in post-trial motions.
Updated Sep 2024
