Representative Intellectual Property Litigation

• Chrimar Systems, Inc., et al. v. Alcatel-Lucent, et al. (United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas) – On behalf of defendant ALE USA Inc. in a patent infringement case involving Power-over-Ethernet technology, obtained judgment as a matter of law that there was no willful infringement and a jury verdict favorable on damages.
• Chrimar Systems, Inc., et al. v. Alcatel-Lucent, et al. (United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas) – On behalf of defendants in the first patent infringement lawsuit between the parties, obtained a dismissal with prejudice after significantly narrowing the scope of accused products.
• Prism Technologies v. Adobe Systems, Inc., et al. (United States District Court for Nebraska) – On behalf of defendant McAfee, Inc. in a patent infringement lawsuit concerning computer network access technology, part of a team that obtained summary judgment of noninfringement, which was later affirmed by the Federal Circuit (541 Fed. Appx. 999).
• Media Queue, LLC v. Netflix, Inc. et al. (United States District Court for the Northern District of California) – Representing defendant Blockbuster Inc. along with David Wooten in a patent infringement case involving computer software for maintaining a “queue” of desired movies, the team obtained favorable claim constructions that resulted in summary judgment of noninfringement.
• Invitrogen Corporation, et al. v. Evident Technologies, Inc. (United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas) – Obtained a consent judgment and permanent injunction on behalf of plaintiffs against the defendant in a patent infringement case involving quantum dot technology and molecular probes.
• Paradox Security Systems, Ltd., et al v. ADT Security Services, Inc. et al. (United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas) – Part of a team representing defendant Monitronics International in a patent infringement jury trial concerning security system electronics that obtained judgment as a matter of law of noninfringement at the close of the plaintiff’s case.
• Lubrizol Oilfield Chemistry, LLC, et al. v. InTerraChem, LLC, et al. (United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas) – In a case involving trade secrets related to specialty chemicals and on behalf of the plaintiffs, obtained a favorable resolution following a motion for a preliminary injunction.

Representative Transactional Experience

• Negotiated and drafted agreements regarding confidentiality, intellectual property licensing, clinical trials, and assignment of intellectual property rights for nonprofit research, biotechnology, and oilfield services companies.
• Conducted product clearance and design around analyses and opinions, including for biotechnology research tools, chemical processes, drilling tools, and real-time video streaming technologies.
• Provided patent opinions on noninfringement and invalidity grounds.
• Performed trademark clearance analyses.
• Performed due diligence on intellectual property being transferred in mergers and acquisitions occurring in both the biotechnology and oil and gas industries.

Representative Honors & Involvement

• Texas Bar College – Legal Honor Society, Admission in 2017

• “Top Lawyer” in Best of Houstonia, Houstonia Magazine, 2018
• Rising Star, Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters, 2017

Publications

• “Extraterritorial Reach Of Patents— Impact Of Recent Supreme Court Decisions” (July 2018)
• “Supreme Court Holds Sale of Patented Product Exhausts All Patent Rights” (June 2017)

Speaking Engagements

• Speaker, “Structuring Indemnification Provisions for Patent Infringement,” State Bar of Texas Intellectual Property Law Section, 15th Annual Advanced Patent Litigation Course, July 2019
• Moderator, “Lessons from the Trenches: Damages Experts,” State Bar of Texas Intellectual Property Law Section, 32nd Annual Advanced Intellectual Property Law Course (March 2019)
• “Managing Parallel District Court And PTAB Proceedings – ILT Part 1. Trends & Lessons Learned In The Trenches On Stays, Intermingled Discovery & Claim Construction,” Eastern District of Texas Bar Association, Eastern District of Texas 2018 Bench Bar Conference (October 2018)
• “Extraterritorial Reach of Patents,” State Bar of Texas Intellectual Property Law Section, Advanced Patent Litigation Course (July 2018)
• “Shifting the Boundaries in Patent Law—The Supreme Court’s Recent Decisions,” American Intellectual Property Law Association Webinar (September 2017)
• “IPR, PGR, and CBM Use in Parallel with Litigation,” State Bar of Texas Intellectual Property Law Section, Advanced Patent Litigation Course (July 2017)
• “Section 112 Defenses,” State Bar of Texas Intellectual Property Law Section, Advanced Patent Litigation Course (July 2016)
• “Corporate Patent Policies for Innovation—Invention Disclosures, Patent Committees, and Standards,” State Bar of Texas, 29th Annual Course Advanced Intellectual Property Law Course (February 2016)
• “Section 101—Trends in Computer Software/ Business Method Patent Eligibility,” State Bar of Texas, 27th Annual Advanced Intellectual Property Course (March 2014)
• Co-presented with Irene Kosturakis, “Section 101—Business Methods Software,” HIPLA/UHLC 29th Annual Institute on Intellectual Property Law (September 2013)
• “Patent Reform Basics,” State Bar of Texas Intellectual Property Section, Annual Meeting CLE materials (June 2012)

• State Bar of Texas Intellectual Property Section
  • Chair-Elect, 2019-2020
  • Vice Chair, 2018-2019
  • Secretary, 2016–2018
  • Chair’s Award for Outstanding Service, 2015–2016
  • Council Member, 2013–2016
  • Course Director, 32nd Annual Advanced Intellectual Property Law Course, 2019
• Nancy F. Atlas Houston Intellectual Property American Inn of Court, 2012-2018
• Texas Bar Foundation, Fellow
• American Intellectual Property Law Association
• Houston Intellectual Property Law Association, Tax and Compliance Director
• Houston Bar Association
• The Woodlands United Methodist Church, Children’s Ministry Volunteer