LOOKING for legal representatiVE
Plaintiff: Vitaly
Pilkin, self-represented
litigant, citizen and
resident of the Russian Federation.
Defendants: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC, Sony
Corporation and law firm Hogan Lovells US LLP.
The court that considers the claim: the United States District Court
for the District of Columbia.
Civil Action No: 1:17-cv-02501(RDM).
Cause of action: Unjust enrichment.
Summary of the cause of action: As a result of conspiracy, incitements to violate the criminal statute of the United States, bribes, fraudulent representations, concealment of circumstance relevant to the patent dispute, corrupt practices, wrongful influence on adjudications rendered by the Russian Patent and Trademark Office and the Russian courts, concealment of said criminal wrongdoing, obstruction of criminal investigations and defrauding the United States committed by the defendants in concert with their affiliates, the defendants deprived the plaintiff of his Russian patent on the invention and his right to get compensation for the patent infringement committed by Sony Group companies. The defendants’ wrongdoing ensured them and their affiliates unjust enrichment at the expense of the plaintiff. The amount of compensatory damages suffered by the plaintiff because of said wrongdoing is equivalent to the patent infringement damages and is equal to $340,000,000. The defendants knowingly and willfully caused to the plaintiff also pain and suffering damages. The defendants’ conduct was outrageous, fraudulent, egregiously insidious and particularly reprehensible. The plaintiff believes that the court-appointed punitive damages will deter the defendants from similar acts in the future.
Summary of the cause of action: As a result of conspiracy, incitements to violate the criminal statute of the United States, bribes, fraudulent representations, concealment of circumstance relevant to the patent dispute, corrupt practices, wrongful influence on adjudications rendered by the Russian Patent and Trademark Office and the Russian courts, concealment of said criminal wrongdoing, obstruction of criminal investigations and defrauding the United States committed by the defendants in concert with their affiliates, the defendants deprived the plaintiff of his Russian patent on the invention and his right to get compensation for the patent infringement committed by Sony Group companies. The defendants’ wrongdoing ensured them and their affiliates unjust enrichment at the expense of the plaintiff. The amount of compensatory damages suffered by the plaintiff because of said wrongdoing is equivalent to the patent infringement damages and is equal to $340,000,000. The defendants knowingly and willfully caused to the plaintiff also pain and suffering damages. The defendants’ conduct was outrageous, fraudulent, egregiously insidious and particularly reprehensible. The plaintiff believes that the court-appointed punitive damages will deter the defendants from similar acts in the future.
Strengths of the claim:
- the claim is supported by written evidence
and expert opinions,
- no expensive expert
opinions required,
- the subject matter
of expert opinions is not complicated,
- there is no need to
delve into the Russian legislation,
- the cause of action has a multi-level system of evidence proving that
enrichment of Sony Group
companies and Hogan Lovells lacks an adequate legal basis,
- legal grounds of the lawsuit and unsightly evidence the plaintiff possesses are those that unlikely the defendants would want to bring the matter even to deposition, not speaking
about settling the dispute by the court,
- the plaintiff is skilled in the
patent law and has personal judicial experience in patent litigation.
Relevant primary information: Chronology of the proceeding, the Complaint filed November 13, 2017, documents
supporting the Complaint, the Second amended complaint
filed February 14, 2019, judicial
documents on the lawsuit are available in the right column.
Plaintiff is looking for a lawyer who would agree to represent the plaintiff
in the proceeding either on a contingency fee basis or after attracting a
litigation funder who would agree to fund the proceeding.
Note: This application does not contain any privilege and / or confidential
information and aims only to help a lawyer to take a decision on the matter.
Plaintiff’s contact
information: Vitaly Pilkin: Moscow, Russia, phone - +7 985 222-5545,
email: vitalypilkin@gmail.com
Sincerely,
Vitaly Pilkin
