Amanda Streff Bonner

Amanda Streff Bonner is a highly experienced patent litigator and partner at Mayer Brown, focusing on patent litigation and inter partes review (IPR) proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). Her practice encompasses a broad range of technologies, including electrical and computer engineering, biomedical and mechanical engineering. She has significant experience with mobile devices, semiconductors, LCD and OLED panels, telecommunications, and medical devices.

Ms. Bonner frequently represents both plaintiffs and defendants. Her plaintiff-side work includes representing patent owners in infringement disputes, as seen in cases for Maxell, Ltd. and LG Display Co., Ltd. She also defends clients, such as Maxell, Ltd., against patent infringement allegations and challenges to patent validity in PTAB proceedings.

A notable case in her portfolio includes Maxell, Ltd. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., where her team secured a $111.7 million jury verdict for Maxell in the Eastern District of Texas for willful infringement of smart device patents, although the verdict was later overturned with a new trial granted. She also played a key role in LG Display Co., Ltd. v. Tianma Microelectronics Co., Ltd., which involved complex OLED and automotive display patent disputes that ultimately settled. In a related PTAB proceeding, she contributed to a precedential decision denying an IPR institution based on a foreign government as a real party in interest. Additionally, Ms. Bonner was part of the Mayer Brown team that achieved a Federal Circuit win for pharmaceutical client Galderma S.A. in a PTAB dispute over a wrinkle-treatment patent.

Ms. Bonner possesses extensive experience in PTAB and IPR proceedings, having served as counsel in over 175 IPRs and earning recognition as a "Top Attorney" in this area by Docket Navigator. She has also authored insights on PTAB guidance and proposed rule changes. While attending law school, she externed for Hon. Amy St. Eve of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and successfully argued a case before the Third Circuit.