Arden Seavers

Arden Seavers — Patent Litigation Profile

Specialty / focus areas. Seavers is a litigation associate at McKool Smith in Dallas whose practice centers on complex commercial and patent litigation, with a stated concentration in telecommunications and high-tech matters. Her firm bio lists experience representing Ericsson, Nokia, AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and InterDigital. The tracked matter — Headwater Research LLC v. AT&T — involves wireless communications technology (including quality-of-service flow, resource control, and related networking patents), consistent with the standard-essential/telecom-adjacent patent work that dominates her docket.

Side preference. Entirely defense-side so far. Her tracked appearances are 0 plaintiff / 1 defendant, and the broader case exposure reported by legal press also shows her on the defense teams for AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, Ericsson, and Nokia — i.e., defending operating companies against NPE/PAE assertions rather than prosecuting for patent owners. Given the small sample (one tracked appearance) and her 2023 law school graduation, this lean should be read as early-career docket composition, not an established specialty.

Firm context. Current firm: McKool Smith P.C. (Dallas office; admitted in Texas and in the Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas). No prior firm history is indicated — she joined after clerking for the Hon. Sean D. Jordan of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.

Notable cases / outcomes. Headwater Research LLC v. AT&T Services, Inc., et al., No. 2:23-cv-00397 (lead) / 2:23-cv-00398 (E.D. Tex.), a wireless-patent NPE suit against AT&T: the '543 and '042 patent claims were dismissed with prejudice in January 2025, and the parties settled the consolidated action before trial in August 2025 (Reuters Legal). She is also listed on the McKool Smith trial team (defense) in ASUS Technology Licensing, Innovative Sonic, Celerity IP, and ASUSTeK Computer Inc. v. AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, Ericsson, and Nokia, No. 2:23-cv-00486 (E.D. Tex.), where the jury in August 2025 returned a complete defense verdict — no infringement of nine asserted claims across three patents, all nine claims invalid, and a finding that the plaintiffs breached their FRAND obligation, denying a $436 million damages request. Note: the ASUS matter is reported in legal-press coverage of the trial team and is not among her tracked appearances; the tracked list contains only Headwater.

PTAB / IPR. No individual IPR/PGR appearances are verified for her, and her bar profile does not list USPTO patent-bar registration. McKool Smith filed PTAB petitions in the Headwater litigation (e.g., IPR2024-00809 on U.S. Patent No. 9,198,042) and is a top-tier PTAB filer firm-wide, but those filings name other McKool Smith counsel — her personal PTAB experience cannot be confirmed from available sources.

Bar / education. Texas bar; J.D., Arizona State University, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law (2023); B.A., Baylor University (2020).

Sourcing caveat: The professional details above come from her McKool Smith bio, Reuters Legal, Law360, The Texas Lawbook, and public PTAB/docket filings. Verdict figures and team rosters that do not appear in the tracked case list are attributed to press coverage and should be independently confirmed before reliance. No information was located on any prior employment, publications, or additional trial results.