Courtland Reichman Named AmLaw "Litigator of the Week" for $525 Million Kove Verdict

The AmLaw Litigation Daily awarded the title of “Litigator of the Week” to Courtland Reichman and the RJLF team for securing a $525 million patent infringement verdict for Kove IO.

On April 10, 2024, federal jurors in Chicago awarded RJLF’s client, Kove, a half-billion-dollar patent infringement verdict after finding that Amazon Web Services infringed on three of Kove's patents related to data management and cloud storage. 

The AmLaw Lit Daily interviewed Reichman on what was at stake in the trial and how he and his team brought the win home for Kove. 

Lit Daily Excerpt: Who was your client and what was at stake?

Courtland Reichman: Our client was a Chicago company called Kove. It was founded decades ago by two University of Chicago PhD grads, Dr. John Overton and Dr. Stephen Bailey. Right after graduating, they invented technology that enabled the hyper-scalable cloud we know today. They were years ahead of their time. Five years after their invention, MIT determined that this technology was among the top 10 technologies most likely to change the world. What was at stake in the case was demonstrating that Drs. Overton and Bailey invented this important tech. 

Read the full interview here or below. The article can also be accessed on Law.com here [note: subscriber access only.]

In addition to Reichman, RJLF’s trial team included Christine Lehman, Shawna Ballard, Khue Hoang, Amy Ruhland, Jennifer Estremera, Jaime Cardenas-Navia, Gina Cremona, Adam Adler, Taylor Mauze, Philip Eklem, Savannah Carnes, Naveed Hasan, Navid Bayar, and Brian Baran.

The case is Kove IO, Inc. v. Amazon Web Services, Inc., case number 1-18-cv-08175 (N.D.IL).