Benjamin A. Saidman

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Benjamin A. Saidman — Patent Litigation Practice Summary

Specialty / focus areas. Saidman is a partner in Finnegan's Atlanta office whose practice centers on PTAB post-grant proceedings (IPR/PGR), district court patent litigation, and Federal Circuit appeals. His firm biography states he applies a mechanical engineering background to matters in mechanical, electrical, computer, and medical device technologies, with representative work involving orthopedic implants, surgical robotics, medical fluid waste management, gas turbofan engines, aircraft lavatories, fire sprinkler systems, and robotic vacuums. His tracked case list adds another recurring technology area: wireless standards. Both tracked matters involve Samsung and patents asserted against Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) products — the Wilus Institute of Standards and Technology dispute involves standard-essential Wi-Fi patents, and the Harbor Island Dynamic dispute involves semiconductor fabrication patents (isolation trenches, through-silicon vias, SOI switching circuits).

Side preference. All four tracked appearances are on the plaintiff side and all are for Finnegan. Substantively, however, this is defensive work for large operating companies rather than NPE/PAE-side assertion. The tracked Samsung matters are declaratory-judgment and IPR challenges brought by Samsung (with Samsung Electronics America) against patent owners Wilus and Harbor Island Dynamic; the Harbor Island filings span "additional backup counsel," "back-up counsel," and "hearing counsel" roles. Across his broader practice he has also represented patent owners — Intuitive Surgical, GE/United Technologies, Zimmer, Engineered Corrosion Solutions — as well as defendants such as BMW, Lenovo, and Motorola Mobility. The overall pattern is a defense-and-challenge practice for technology companies, not a claimant practice.

Firm context and PTAB/IPR experience. Saidman has spent his career at Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner (Atlanta), where he is the office's hiring partner. Before joining the firm he clerked for Judge Alan D. Lourie on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (2013–2015). PTAB work is a primary pillar of his practice rather than incidental: his firm profile states he has served as backup counsel in over 40 inter partes reviews and advised on many others, and his name appears in the mandatory notices, powers of attorney, and hearing papers for numerous Samsung petitions (e.g., IPR2024-01402/01403/01404/01405 involving Harbor Island Dynamic; IPR2025-00936 and IPR2025-01165 involving Wilus).

Notable matters and background. Verifiable results include BMW's multi-year defense against Arigna Technology — where the PTAB, ex parte reexamination, an ITC win, and a D.C. declaratory-judgment action ultimately produced a covenant-not-to-sue and dismissal of Arigna's infringement claims with prejudice in September 2024 — and BMW's appellate win against Carrum, in which the Federal Circuit's claim construction led to a stipulation of non-infringement exonerating BMW's adaptive cruise-control system. He also represented patent owner Zimmer in surgical waste-management litigation against Stryker that settled favorably shortly before trial, and represented patent owner Intuitive Surgical in Federal Circuit appeals (Nos. 21-1473, -1732, -1733) from Auris Health's IPRs. Education and bar: J.D., with honors, Emory University School of Law (2012); B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Rice University (2008); admitted in Georgia and the District of Columbia and registered with the USPTO (Reg. No. 69,325).