Austin L. Hansley

Austin L. Hansley is a patent litigation attorney primarily representing plaintiffs in intellectual property disputes. His practice areas, based on available case information, indicate a focus on technologies such as vehicle monitoring, telematics, remote locator systems, and general software and mobile technology. This is evident in cases where his clients, like Orthosie Systems, LLC, own patents related to vehicle monitoring.

Mr. Hansley consistently appears on the plaintiff side in patent litigation. He has represented Orthosie Systems, LLC as both local and lead counsel in infringement cases, including Orthosie Systems, LLC v. SVR, LLC and Orthosie Systems, LLC v. Navistar, Inc. He also served as lead counsel for Remote Locator Systems, LLC in a patent infringement suit against Apple, involving remote locator systems and mobile application technology. This pattern suggests a practice preference for patent assertion and enforcement.

He practices under his firm, Austin Hansley P.L.L.C. A notable outcome in his career includes a case, Gabriel De La Vega v. Microsoft and Google, where Mr. Hansley, representing the plaintiff, was sanctioned by the court in the Western District of Texas. The court ordered him to complete ethics courses and temporarily suspended his firm's ECF filing privileges in that district, finding that the plaintiff and his counsel acted in bad faith. His firm was also ordered to pay Microsoft's attorney's fees. In terms of Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) experience, Mr. Hansley has appeared as backup counsel in at least one Inter Partes Review (IPR) proceeding related to a patent for a remote resource access interface apparatus.

Mr. Hansley is licensed to practice law in Texas. He earned his Doctor of Jurisprudence (J.D.) from Southern Methodist University in 2011.