Adam Noah

Adam Noah — Patent Litigation Practice Summary

Specialty / focus areas. Adam Noah is the Chief IP Officer and VP, Assistant General Counsel for Intellectual Property at GlobalFoundries (GF), the U.S.-based semiconductor foundry. His practice centers on semiconductor patent law — manufacturing process technologies, device architecture, and RF/power-management platforms — reflecting his undergraduate training in chemical engineering. He has led GF's portfolio since joining the company in March 2011, and his work spans prosecution, enforcement, licensing, and defensive strategy. Per the tracked case data, his one recorded litigation appearance is on the plaintiff side as in-house counsel for GlobalFoundries. He does not work for NPEs/PAEs; to the contrary, he publicly championed GF's 2024 membership in the LOT Network as a bulwark against PAE litigation.

Firm context and notable matters. Before GlobalFoundries, Noah was Counsel at Shearman & Sterling (2001–2011) and an Associate at the premier IP firm Fish & Neave (1998–2001). Under his IP leadership, GF ran a high-profile 2019 enforcement campaign against TSMC, asserting 16 patents against TSMC and roughly a dozen of its fabless customers (Apple, Broadcom, Nvidia, Qualcomm, and others); the dispute settled in roughly two months via a 10-year worldwide cross-license, followed by TSMC's acquisition of 750+ GF U.S. patents in December 2020 (IAM, The Register). Most recently, in March 2026 GF sued Tower Semiconductor before the ITC and in the Western District of Texas, asserting 11 patents covering chip-manufacturing process technologies and seeking injunctive relief and lost profits (Reuters via Investing.com; CourtListener docket 7:26-cv-00109). The tracked matter in his profile is listed as untitled, but it is consistent with GF's plaintiff-side enforcement work led by his office. Note: web sources confirm his role in these corporate campaigns but do not establish that he personally served as counsel of record in each case.

PTAB / IPR experience. No reliable evidence indicates Noah personally appears regularly in IPR/PGR proceedings before the PTAB; his verified docket footprint is district court/ITC enforcement and portfolio strategy. As a USPTO-registered practitioner (Reg. No. 45601), he is heavily affiliated with GF's prosecution work, having appeared on thousands of GF patent applications.

Bar / education. Active member of the California State Bar (admitted December 10, 1998); J.D., Loyola University Chicago School of Law (1998); B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Columbia University.