PRACTICE AREAS
Inter Partes ReviewPatent Litigation
EDUCATION
- The University of Texas School of Law (J.D. 2014)
- Texas Intellectual Property Law Journal
- Vice-President of the Intellectual Property Law Society
- The University of Texas at Austin (B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Business Foundations Minor, 2010)
- Judicial Intern to The Honorable Caroline M. Craven of the Eastern District of Texas, 2012
LICENSES & ADMISSIONS
- Licensed to practice in Texas
- United States District Courts for the Eastern, Western, and Southern Districts of Texas
- Registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office
Affiliations
- Austin Intellectual Property American Inn of Court
- Named in the top 100 best-performing patent litigators representing plaintiffs, Patexia Inc. Patent Litigation Intelligence Report
Daniel L. Schmid
Counsel
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Mr. Schmid’s practice focuses on patent litigation and commercial litigation matters. He is a registered patent attorney with extensive experience representing clients in federal courts across the country, as well as the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Mr. Schmid has been named a “Texas Rising Star” for nine consecutive years from 2017-2025 and has been ranked by Patexia as one the best-performing patent litigators in the country (#88 out of 17,052 patent litigators analyzed).
Mr. Schmid has also previously prosecuted patents in a range of technical disciplines, including software, mechanical, and biomedical applications and has experience in copyright and antitrust litigation.
Prior to attending law school, Mr. Schmid worked as a Research Engineer for The University of Texas Center for Electromechanics. His work there focused on the commercialization and development of an oil extraction process for the production of algal biofuels.
