Anne M. Cappella

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Anne M. Cappella — Patent Litigation Summary

Focus areas. Cappella's practice centers on complex-technology patent litigation, built on a B.S. in electrical engineering and prior work as an engineer/consultant at IBM. Weil's own practice description and her representative matters skew heavily electrical/computer-engineering: wireless and cellular (3G/LTE data modulation), Wi-Fi error-correction coding, error correction and encoding, flash memory and semiconductor processing/packaging, integrated circuit design, data compression, video streaming, and ad-tech/online-advertising targeting. The two 2025-era matters in the tracked data (the AlmondNet/Intent IQ campaign, which asserts online-ad targeting and device-association patents) fit that ad-tech/software pattern.

Side preference. Tracked appearances are 0 plaintiff / 3 defendant, and the broader public record is consistent: the practice is predominantly a defense practice for operating companies (reported clients include Intel, HP, T-Mobile, Samsung, Microsoft, Google/Apple-related entities, Amkor and Under Armour) facing NPE/PAE suits and competitor litigation. She also handles some offensive ITC work (e.g., representing GE against Siemens in wind-turbine technology, and Altria in offensive and defensive ITC matters against Juul), so "primarily defense, with selective offensive/ITC engagements" is the accurate characterization.

Firm context. She has been at Weil, Gotshal & Manges (Silicon Valley office) throughout the period covered by the tracked data; a Weil/Lawdragon announcement lists her election to the partnership effective January 1, 2010, in the Patent Litigation group. No prior law-firm affiliation is verified from public sources; her pre-law career was as an IBM engineer/consultant. Note a data discrepancy: the tracker labels her "Of Counsel" for the 2025 Intent IQ v. MNTN matter, while Weil's current bio and the 2025 IAM Patent 1000 both list her as a partner.

Notable matters. (1) Viasat, Inc. v. Western Digital Corp. et al. — tracked with her on the defense side; the related IPR (IPR2022-01171) ended in a Board holding that claims 1–11 and 13–23 of Viasat's U.S. Patent 8,966,347 were obvious, and the Federal Circuit affirmed in No. 24-1483 (2026), a win for the Western Digital side. (2) Intent IQ, LLC v. MNTN, Inc. (W.D. Tex., filed May 2025) — defense of MNTN in the AlmondNet/Intent IQ ad-targeting campaign, where the asserted patent family has generated dozens of IPRs. (3) Other reported results: HP/CalTech Wi-Fi error-correction defense; T-Mobile matters in which claims were invalidated under § 101 (message transcoding) and error-correction/encoding litigation; GE's ITC win against Siemens yielding a recommended exclusion order; and Samsung ITC actions against InterDigital and Kodak.

PTAB/IPR. Yes — Weil's description states she has handled numerous IPRs and ex parte reexaminations, and she has appeared at PTAB oral hearings (e.g., IPR2017-01391 for Intel). Post-grant strategy is described as a core part of her practice.

Education / bar. B.S.E.E., Southern Methodist University (1988); J.D., University of Texas School of Law (1995) (per Legal 500). Specific bar admissions are not verified from the sources reviewed.

A caveat on sourcing: the tracker supplies her role in the Viasat matter but the underlying docket entries for that case were not directly reviewed here, and her specific title change (partner vs. of counsel) is inconsistent across sources; both points should be verified against the dockets and the firm before relying on them.