Alison R. Watkins

Alison R. Watkins is a patent litigation attorney with experience defending technology companies in complex intellectual property disputes. Her practice focuses on a range of technological areas, including software, semiconductors, wireless networking, mobile communications, virtual and augmented reality, telecommunications, AI, and recombinant DNA technology. She primarily represents defendants, as evidenced by her single tracked appearance defending an operating company.

Currently, Ms. Watkins is associated with Latham & Watkins, where her tracked appearance includes representing Meta Platforms Inc. as counsel of record in Meta Platforms Inc. v. Tir Technologies Ltd. This case involved allegations of patent infringement related to just-in-time distributed video caching and systems for efficiently transcoding and delivering video content across large, distributed networks. While a public docket for this case shows an Alison Watkins ordering a transcript for Meta Platforms Inc. with an associated Perkins Coie email, the authoritative data for this summary links her appearance to Latham & Watkins.

Her broader experience includes successfully defending a large mobile communications company in a 16-patent case, where 15 patents were dismissed and summary judgment of non-infringement for one patent was affirmed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. She also secured a complete summary judgment of non-infringement for a mobile communication company in a patent infringement action concerning Wi-Fi cellular switching technology, which was also affirmed by the Federal Circuit.

Ms. Watkins has a substantial background in federal district court litigation and experience with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), as well as appeals to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. While specific PTAB/IPR experience is not detailed in her available individual profiles, Latham & Watkins, her current firm, is recognized for its strong capabilities in handling PTAB proceedings. She earned her J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law and her B.A., cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania.