McAndrews, Held & Malloy


	Edward A. Mas II Shareholder Email. emas@mcandrews-ip.com Tel. (312) 775-8000 Practice Areas Trial and Appellate Lawyer for Intellectual Property and Technology-Related Disputes; Intellectual Property/Technology Opinions and Licensing; and Patent and Trademark Procurement. Education Northwestern University, B.S.M.E., with distinction, 1987 University of Pennsylvania, J.D., cum laude, Order of the Coif, 1992 Bar Admissions Admitted to practice in Illinois. Member of the bars of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Professional Experience Ed Mas' trial and appellate litigation practice focuses on intellectual property and technology-related disputes. His practice also includes client counseling, licensing, clearance opinions, and patent and trademark prosecution and portfolio management. In litigation, Mr. Mas has served as lead or co-counsel and has handled all aspects of discovery, written and argued dispositive motions, conducted Markman hearings, and participated in multi-week trials and arbitrations. A list of representative cases is provided below. Mr. Mas also has briefed and argued appeals successfully before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. See, e.g., Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. (“ACS”) v. Medtronic, Inc., 265 F.3d 1294 (Fed. Cir. 2001); SciMed Life Systems, Inc. v. ACS, 242 F.3d 1337 (Fed. Cir. 2001) (affirming non-infringement finding where accused products had sales exceeding $1 billion). Mr. Mas has been selected by his peers in Illinois as a "Leading Lawyer" in Intellectual Property Law. Mr. Mas' experience encompasses a broad spectrum of technologies, with a special emphasis on medical devices. For example, he has represented Guidant Corporation and ACS in several disputes involving angioplasty catheters and stent systems in U.S. courts and various foreign tribunals. See, e.g., ACS v. Medtronic, Inc., 81 F. Supp. 2d 978 (N.D. Cal. 1999); ACS v. SciMed Life Systems, Inc., 63 F. Supp. 2d 1064 (N.D. Cal. 1999). Along with Tim Malloy, Mr. Mas secured a $166 million victory for ACS, which was the third-largest patent damages award in 2002 and rates among the top patent damages awards of all time. ACS v. Medtronic AVE, Inc., C.A. No. 99-5393 (N.D. Cal. May 23, 2002). Mr. Mas received his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He was a member of Penn’s national moot court team, earning an award for outstanding trial advocacy. Mr. Mas received his undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering from Northwestern University, where he attended on a Chick Evans Scholarship. While attending Northwestern, Ed worked as a co-op engineer at the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors Corporation. He later held the position of design engineer at General Motors. Mr. Mas is a member of several bar associations including the American Bar Association, Illinois Bar Association and American Intellectual Property Law Association. He has lectured on the subject of patent law and licensing at the Annual Meeting of the Licensing Executives Society and been quoted in the IP Case Law Reporter. Additional, representative cases Mr. Mas has been involved in include: Medtronic Vascular, Inc., et al. v. ACS & Abbott Laboratories, Civil Action No. 06-1066 PJH (N.D. Cal. 2006) (Patent infringement). Paxar Americas, Inc. v. Zebra Technologies Corp. et al., Civil Action No. 03-03-142 (S.D. Ohio 2003-2006) (Patent infringement). Boston Scientific SciMed, Inc., et al. v. Cordis Corporation, et al., Civil Action No. 03-1138-SLR (D. Del. 2004) (Patent infringement). Etymotic Research, Inc. v. Phonak, LLC et al., Civil Action No. 04 C 6517 (N.D. Ill. 2004) (Patent infringement). SciMed Life Systems, Inc. et al. v. Guidant Corporation, et al., Civil Action No. 04-4962 JNE/JGL (D. Minn. 2004) (Patent infringement). SRAM Corp. v. Fox Factory, Inc., d/b/a Fox Racing Shox, Civil Action No. 04-2162 (N.D. Ill. 2004) (Patent infringement). Boston Scientific Corp., et al. v. Guidant Corp., et al., Civil Action No. 02-5969 (N.D. Cal. 2002-2004) (Patent infringement). ACS v. SciMed Life Systems, Inc., Civil Action No. 02-4987 (N.D. Cal. 2002-2004) (Patent infringement). iBex Healthdata Systems, Inc. v. Emergency Medicine Risk Management, Inc., AAA File No. 50 T 133 00238 04 (2004) (Arbitration; breach of contract). Ovion, Inc. v. Conceptus, Inc., Civil Action No. C 02-3884 (N.D. Cal. 2002-2003) (Patent infringement). ACS v. Medtronic AVE, Inc., Civil Action No. 99-5393 (N.D. Cal. 1999-2002) (Patent infringement arbitration; ACS awarded $166 million and a permanent injunction). XOMA, Ltd., et al. v. Biosite, Inc., Civil Action No. 01-2580 (N.D. Cal. 2001-2002) (Patent infringement; misappropriation of trade secrets; fraud; unfair competition). Medtronic, Inc. v. Guidant Corporation and Cardiothoracic Systems, Inc., Civil Action No. 00-20144 (N.D. Cal. 2000-2001) (Patent infringement; unfair business practices; false advertising). ACS v. SciMed Life Systems, Inc., Civil Action No. 96-00946 (N.D. Cal. 1996-2000) (Patent infringement). ACS v. SciMed Life Systems, Inc., Civil Action No. 95-03580 (N.D. Cal. 1995-2000) (Patent infringement). ACS v. Medtronic, Inc., Civil Action No. 95-03577 (N.D. Cal. 1995-1999) (Patent infringement; ACS awarded enhanced damages and a permanent injunction). Boston Scientific Corp. v. ACS, et al., Civil Action No. 95-12715 (D. Mass. 1995-1997) (Antitrust). SciMed Life Systems, Inc. v. ACS, Civil Action No. 94-1932 (N.D. Cal. 1994-2001) (Patent infringement). SciMed Life Systems v. ACS (1994-1997) (3 Arbitrations; breach of contract; patent infringement). ACS v. Boston Scientific Corporation, Civil Action No. 93-20330 (N.D. Cal. 1993-1994) (Patent infringement). F.E. Moran, Inc. v. Gregg R. Huennekens and U.S. Fire Protection, Case Nos. 87-L-03279 and 87-L-13940, Appeal Nos. 93-0983 and 93-1049 (Illinois Trial and Appellate Courts 1992-1995). (Corporate breach of fiduciary duty; tortuous interference with contractual relations). Monarch Marking Systems, Inc. v. NCR Corporation, Civil Action No. 93-CV-86 (S.D. Ohio 1993-1995) (Patent infringement). Beloit Corporation v. J.M. Voith, GmbH, Civil Action No. 92-C-68-C (W.D. Wis. 1993-1994) (Patent infringement). Nike, Inc. v. Nike Securities, LLP, Opposition No. 88,485 (TTAB 1992-1994) (Trademark opposition). Back to Top