Mr. Torkelson has served as lead counsel in patent infringement actions representing both patentees and accused infringers.  He has argued cases before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences and handled reexaminations before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Representative litigation includes the following:

Patent Litigation

As lead counsel prosecuted/defended patent infringement claims involving:

• Spare tire locking systems. General Motors v. Adell Corporation; S. Dist. Ct. for the Eastern District of Michigan
• Power over Ethernet cameras; Chrimar Systems, Inc. et al. v. Costar Technologies, Inc.; S. Dist. Ct. for the Eastern District of Texas
• Plastic bottle closure systems. Paul H. Bennett, et al. v. Alcoa Closure Systems International, Inc. et al.; S. Dist. Ct. for the Eastern District of Texas
• Polymer plastics technology. Plastic Solutions of Texas v. North American Container; S. Dist. Ct. for the Northern District of Texas
• Design patents. Tammie Crow v. Koch Co; S. Dist. Ct. for the Northern District of Texas
• Business methods. Clear With Computers v. Belkin International, Inc. et al.; S. Dist. Ct. for the Eastern District of Texas 

As co-counsel prosecuted/defended patent infringement claims involving:

• Electrical junction box mounting devices. Reiker Enterprises v. Fan Brace; S. Dist. Ct. for the District of Georgia
• Memory and logic microchip technology. Huang v. Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.; S. Dist. Ct. for the Eastern District of Texas
• Presentation of automating features to a computer user. Data Carriers, LLC v. Gilead Sciences, Inc.; S. Dist. Ct. for the Eastern District of Texas
• Method for controlling access to encrypted media. Marking Object Virtualization Intelligence, LLC v. Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. et al.; S. Dist. Ct. for the Eastern District of Texas
• Securing communication signals over a wireless network. Norman IP Holdings, LLC v. Lexmark International, Inc. et al.;S. Dist. Ct. for the Eastern District of Texas
• Eyeglass technology; Aspex Eyewear v. E’Lite Optik; S. Dist. Ct. for the Northern District of Texas
• Packet watermarking and efficient provisioning of bandwidth. Blue Spike, LLC v. Huawei Technologies USA, Inc. et al.; S. Dist. Ct. for the Eastern District of Texas
• Data demultiplexing and delivery of applets to client computing devices. Implicit, LLC v Huawei Technologies USA, Inc.; S. Dist. Ct. for the Eastern District of Texas
• Hatch-Waxman ANDA patent litigation involving proposed generic drug. Galderma Laboratories L.P., et al. . Actavis Mid Atlantic LLC; S. Dist. Ct. for the Northern District of Texas
• Infrared sensors in vending machines. Automated Merchandise Co. v. Crane Co; S. Dist. Ct. for the Northern District of West Virginia
• Global positioning system for tracking devices. LunarEye, Inc. v. Enfora, Inc.; S. Dist. Ct. for the Eastern District of Texas
• Automatic fall detection devices. iLife Technologies, Inc. v. OnAsset Intelligence, Inc.; S. Dist. Ct. for the Northern District of Texas
• Digital switches, multiplexers and SONET telecommunication networks; Arthur A. Collins, Inc. v. AT&T; S. Dist. Ct. for the Northern District of Texas
• Method and system for an intelligent telephone prefix dialer. Breckenridge v. Blackberry Limited et al.; S. Dist. Ct. for the Northern District of Texas
• Method and system for content filtering information retrieved from an Internet computer system. BASCOM Global Internet Services Inc. v. AT&T Inc.; S. Dist. Ct. for the Northern District of Texas

Mr. Torkelson has also been selected to serve as local counsel in numerous other patent cases in U.S. District Courts in Texas.

Trademark, Copyright and Trade Secret Litigation

He has served as lead counsel in the following trademark, copyright, and trade secrets litigation.

• Enforced trademark rights of owner against infringing importer of sports clothing. BJI Industries v. Yoas;S. Dist. Ct. for the Northern District of Texas
• Defended service mark infringement actions. SCI Management LP v. Benbrook Funeral Home, et al.;S. Dist. Ct. for the Northern District of Texas
• Defended trademark applicant in opposition before the Trademark Trial and Appeals Board. Harris Corporation v. Megastar, Inc.
• As co-counsel defended trademark applicant in an opposition before the Trademark Trial and Appeals Board. State of Wyoming v. Texas Stampede
• Enforced rights of owner in copyrighted puppets. Hawes Center v. Hawes; U.S. Dist. Ct. for the Northern District of Texas
• Obtained permanent injunction against copying of plaintiff’s artwork. Ready Reading Glasses, Inc. v. Rocco Originals, Inc.; S. Dist. Ct. for the Northern District of Texas
• Defended claims of misappropriation of trade secrets involving turbocharger technology. WRR Industries. v. Prologis, et al.; S. Dist. Ct. for the Northern District of Texas