Brandon Carmack, I

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Let me verify a few details on his prior patent matters and any PTAB work.

Brandon Carmack (listed in court records as Brandon Alvin Carmack / "Brandon Carmack, I") — Senior Associate, Duane Morris LLP (Fort Worth office), Trial Practice Group.

Focus areas. Carmack's current Duane Morris profile frames his practice around complex commercial litigation and "soft" IP — trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets — rather than patents, and it does not advertise a patent-litigation specialty. His patent exposure is nonetheless real but concentrated in his prior firm practice: his Robins Kaplan-era bio describes IP and technology litigation and lists hardware/software matters, including semiconductor (UV LED) technology, mobile-application development and testing software, and streaming/media patents. His single tracked appearance is a consumer/IoT patent case, consistent with a generalist commercial-IP litigator who handles patent matters rather than a dedicated patent specialist.

Side preference. The tracked data show one appearance, on the defendant side (counsel), and his current bio notes he has represented both plaintiffs and defendants across commercial and IP matters. Third-party bios from his Robins Kaplan tenure credit him with plaintiff-side patent work (Wapp Tech's mobile-app software patents; a declaratory-judgment non-infringement posture for Crystal IS), while his only tracked docketed appearance is defense-side. On this record his patent work is best described as mixed-side historically, with a defense lean in the one currently verifiable matter — too thin a sample to call a true preference.

Notable matters. (1) Zinser v. Vivint, LLC, No. 4:25-cv-01030 (E.D. Tex., Judge Mazzant) — a § 271 suit by an individual inventor over U.S. Pat. No. 7,583,191 (video doorbell / remote entry surveillance); Carmack's notice of appearance for the Vivint defendants was filed February 12, 2026, and the court denied Vivint's Rule 12(b)(6) motion as to direct, induced, and willful infringement on August 27, 2026, so the case remains live. (2) Wapp Tech Ltd. P'ship v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., No. 4:21-cv-671 (E.D. Tex.) — plaintiff-side assertion of mobile app development/testing patents, resolved on confidential terms before trial; the related $172.5M Micro Focus verdict and subsequent $67.5M settlement were in the separate Wapp v. Seattle Spinco case, not one he is credited with trying. (3) Crystal IS, Inc. v. Nitride Semiconductors Co. (N.D.N.Y.) — counsel for a declaratory-judgment plaintiff in UV LED semiconductor litigation; a partial summary-judgment/claim-construction win preceded a confidential settlement. Robins Kaplan is a counsel of record for OpenTV in OpenTV, Inc. v. Pinterest, Inc. (D. Del.), where a "Brandon A. Carmack" was admitted pro hac vice in December 2024; the match is likely but not confirmed, so I'd treat it as unverified.

PTAB/IPR. No IPR or PGR filings are attributable to him. In Zinser, Vivint (through other counsel) filed IPR2026-00300 on the '191 patent in March 2026; databases conflict on the outcome — one reports discretionary denial with a July 14, 2026 institution decision, another shows the proceeding pending — so treat the institution result as unconfirmed.

Bar/education. Admitted in Minnesota and Texas; J.D., magna cum laude, Mitchell Hamline School of Law (2020); B.A., Political Economy, Hillsdale College (2010). Prior firms: Robins Kaplan LLP (associate, 2022–2025) and Cantey Hanger LLP (senior associate, 2025–2026). Caveat: with only one tracked appearance and a firm bio that de-emphasizes patents, any characterization of him as a patent-litigation mainstay would overstate the public record.