Sughrue Mion, PLLC, a global intellectual property law firm, today announced that a U.S. District Court judge has dismissed in its entirety a claim by Tony Colida against Sughrue's client NEC USA, Inc. (NEC), for patent infringement in the design of NEC's Model 515 cellular phones. In a summary judgment ruling, Judge Richard J. Holwell of U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York found the design patents from Mr. Colida were "strikingly dissimilar" to the overall appearance of NEC's phone and stated that "no reasonable juror could find infringement" of either of Mr. Colida's two patents. "We are pleased with the Court's decision and to come away with a successful defense for NEC," said Howard L. Bernstein, a partner at Sughrue working on the NEC case.

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