PRACTICE AREAS
Patent LitigationInter Partes Review
EDUCATION
- University of Notre Dame (J.D., 2000)
- University of Texas (B.A., History, 1996)
LICENSES & ADMISSIONS
- Licensed to practice in Texas
- United States District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Texas
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Affiliations
- Named Texas Super Lawyer, 2014-2024
- Named Texas Rising Star, 2007-2010; 2012-2014
- U.S. District Courts for the Western, Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- Licensed to practice in Texas
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Phelan Group v. Toyota et al. (E.D. Tex.)
Representing Phelan in enforcement of its patents relating to driver safety technology. Attained early, favorable settlements in actions against accused automakers.
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TOT Power Control, S.L. v. AT&T Mobility LLC et al. (W.D. Tex.)
Representing TOT Power Control in its patent infringement litigation against AT&T, T-Mobile, Nokia, and Ericsson involving wireless communication power control technology.
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Preservation Technologies Patent Infringement Litigation (W.D. Tex., C.D. Cal., & D. Del.)
Representing Preservation Technologies in enforcement of patents developed by the University of Southern California relating to architecture and techniques for indexing, accessing, distributing, and surveying multimedia data. Attained favorable settlements in prior actions against multiple accused infringers, including Netflix, DISH, Facebook, Sony, and Hulu, after securing favorable discovery and pleading-stage rulings.
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Appliance Computing III, Inc. d/b/a Surefield v. Redfin Corp. (W.D. Tex.)
Trial counsel for Surefield in a jury trial alleging Redfin’s infringement of patents related to 3D virtual tour technology, after successfully defeating related inter partes review petitions.
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Papst Licensing GmbH & Co., K.G. v. Apple, Inc. et al. (E.D. Tex., PTAB, Fed. Cir.)
Trial and appellate counsel for Papst enforcing patents related to high data rate, device-independent information transfer against multiple cell phone manufacturers. Trial court denied motion to transfer venue and appeal court denied mandamus. DiNovo Price navigated the filing of twenty-three (23) IPRs of data transfer technology patents by nine (9) accused infringers, securing non-institution of many petitions and resulting in survival of patentable claims asserted in litigation. Obtained a $5.9 million jury verdict against Samsung and settled favorably while appeal pending.
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Digital Reg of Texas, LLC v. Adobe Systems Inc. et al. (Fed. Cir. & N.D. Cal.)
Represented Digital Reg in action alleging infringement of patents related to digital rights management, including a jury trial and subsequent appeal against Adobe. Attained multiple favorable settlements.
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Infinity Computer Products, Inc. v. Toshiba America Business Solutions, Inc. et al. (C.D. Cal., E.D. Pa., D. Del., E.D.N.Y., & E.D. Ky.)
Trial and appellate counsel for Infinity Computer Products in litigations enforcing patents related to methods for transferring print and scan data between a fax machine and computer; attained favorable settlement.
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Bandspeed, Inc. v. Broadcom Corp., et al. (W.D. Tex.)
Represented plaintiff hardware company in a patent litigation relating to Bluetooth communications against numerous integrated circuit manufacturers. The matter settled favorably for confidential sums.
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Parity Networks LLC v. Nokia Solutions and Networks US, LLC, et al. (E.D. Tex.)
Represented computer networking client in series of infringement cases implicating multiple patent families relating to switching and routing technology and protocols.
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Norman IP Holdings, LLC v. Lexmark International, Inc., et al. (E.D. Tex.)
Handled highly-successful enforcement effort regarding portfolio of microprocessor and power control patents.
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eWatch, Inc. v. Apple Inc., et al. (E.D. Tex.)
Represented plaintiff hardware and software company in patent litigation relating to image capture, storage, and transmission against numerous manufacturers of camera phones. The matter settled favorably for confidential sums.
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No Magic, Inc. v. Thales E-Security, Inc. (E.D. Tex.)
Represent plaintiff software company in patent litigation relating to data encryption against several manufacturers of hardware security modules.
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Cell and Network Selection LLC v. AT&T Inc. (E.D. Tex.)
Represented technology company in enforcing patents relating to cellular tower selection by mobile phones.
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TecSec, Incorporated v. Microsoft Corporation, et al. (E.D. Va.)
Represented patent owner in case involving allegations of patent infringement regarding data encryption, breach of contract, fraud, and negligent misrepresentation.
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Bandspeed, Inc. v. Sony Electronics, Inc., et al. (W.D. Tex.)
Represented plaintiff hardware company in patent and antitrust litigation relating to Bluetooth communications against 45 hardware manufacturers and a standards setting organization. The matter settled favorably for confidential sums.
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Inter Partes Review re Wireless Technology
Navigated the filing of eleven (11) IPRs of wireless technology patents by three (3) accused infringers, resulting in survival of patentable claims asserted in litigation. No IPR invalidated all of its challenged claims.