Brandon C. Fernald

Summary — Brandon C. Fernald (Patent Litigation Practice)

Fernald is a Los Angeles–based trial lawyer whose docketed patent work centers on the Central District of California, almost always in the role of local counsel sponsoring pro hac vice appearances for out-of-state lead attorneys. His patent matters span wireless communications and printing technologies (IEEE 802.11/Bluetooth, wireless "universal data output"), semiconductor memory circuits, and software-enabled consumer products — with a broader docket covering commercial litigation, class actions, and real estate. All three tracked appearances are plaintiff-side (3 of 3) for Fernald Law Group LLP, the firm he has led since roughly 2010 after associateships at Fulbright & Jaworski LLP (2002–2010) and Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman (1999–2002).

His plaintiff-side patent work has largely served patent licensing/assertion entities (e.g., Flexiworld Technologies, Progressive Semiconductor Solutions, Technical LED IP), though independent dockets also show occasional defendant-side appearances (e.g., Nexgrill in Weber-Stephen Products v. Nexgrill Industries, C.D. Cal. 2019). The most prominent tracked matter is Flexiworld Technologies v. Epson America (No. 8:21-cv-00807, C.D. Cal.), in which Fernald was designated local counsel on a 14-patent complaint covering wireless printing and data-output patents; the case closed by dismissal order in February 2022, with the terms not public. Earlier local-counsel matters — Smart Irrigation Solutions v. The Toro Co. (settled 2015) and Progressive Semiconductor's semiconductor-patent suits against Broadcom — show the same pattern of supporting NPE-side lead counsel in CDCA.

Fernald does not appear to have a regular PTAB/IPR practice; his name surfaces in IPR records only indirectly through related district-court filings. Admitted in North Carolina (1999), California (2002), Illinois (2006), and Nevada (2007); J.D., Duke University School of Law (1999); B.A., UC San Diego (1996).