Briefed and argued before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California motion by patentee for certification of an international defendant "issues class" under Fed. R. Civ. Proc. 23(c)(4) of patent infringers using streaming technology on the Internet. Briefed and argued before the United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation various successful motions to transfer multiple patent infringement actions in multiple districts in several different Circuits to the Northern District of California. Primary responsibility for motion to dismiss patentee’s counterclaims, resulting in In re Acacia Media Techs. Corp., 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 37009 (N.D. Cal. July 19, 2005).