Temecula / California / United States
Sandstrom Consulting Services supports intellectual property trials and complex litigation before numerous courts throughout the United States including California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Guam, New Jersey, New York, and North Carolina. We are involved in technology and matters such as pharmaceuticals, medical devices, genetically engineered plants, anti-trust, false advertising, and complex commercial litigation. One of our most recent jury trial victories was a win EarthLink, Inc Working with Mr. Jameson of Duane Morris, Sandstrom Consulting Services helped to obtain a complete jury verdict of non-infringement and patent invalidity in the defense of a complex, multi-party patent litigation involving ADSL technology in the District of Delaware. While working with Mr. James Quinn of the New York office of Weil, Gotshal & Manges, Sandstrom Consulting Services was part of another notable, high-profile jury trial victory (August 2006). A complete defense verdict for Johnson & Johnson in a complex antitrust case tried in federal court in Santa Ana, California. The plaintiff, Applied Medical, a small medical device manufacturer, claimed over $50 million (untrebled) in damages asserting that J&J had monopolized the market for endoscopic medical products used in minimally invasive surgery by offering so-called bundled discounts with other J&J products, particularly J&Js market-leading future products. After a seven week trial, the nine person jury rejected plaintiffs claims of exclusionary conduct and upheld as lawful all of J&Js nationwide contracting practices with billions of dollars at stake. In June 2006, Mr. Sandstrom helped to win a complete victory for the UnitedHealth Group when the federal district court in Miami granted summary judgment in the In re Managed Care Multidistrict Litigation, a nationwide class action with plaintiffs seeking more than $13 billion. The other defendants had previously settled for more than a billion dollars. December 2004; Working with the Wilmington Delaware Law firm of Connolly, Bove, Lodge & Hutz, Mr. Sandstrom played a part in "The Mother Of All Patent Challenges" in the Ranbaxy v. Pfizer litigation. The challenge was on the worlds largest drug companys money-spinning blockbuster Lipitor. Ranbaxy challenged Pfizers atorvastatin, sold under the Lipitor brand name here in the US to gain access to the US cholesterol-lowering medication market of more than $12 billion. Pfizer has multiple patents on the drug, the $70 billion victory for Pfizer staves off generics up until 2010.
