Britton F. Davis

Britton F. Davis is a trial lawyer and Partner at Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, where he focuses on high-stakes patent and trade secret disputes involving complex technologies. His technical background as an engineer, where he designed mechanical, optical, and electrical systems and programmable semiconductor devices for Veeco Instruments Inc., informs his practice in areas such as computer systems and software, semiconductors, cybersecurity, telecommunications, mobile technology, electronics, consumer products, mechanical devices, artificial intelligence, and medical devices.

Davis maintains a versatile practice, representing both plaintiffs and defendants in patent, trade secret, trademark, and trade dress litigation across U.S. district courts and the International Trade Commission (ITC). While his tracked appearances include representation for both plaintiff (1 case) and defendant (2 cases), his firm emphasizes its "market leading plaintiff-side first-chair trial lawyers" in its technology IP litigation practice, and a recent press release highlighted his command of a "leading plaintiff-side trial practice."

He has secured significant outcomes for his clients, notably serving as trial counsel for Skillz, Inc. in a $42.9 million willful infringement patent verdict against Avia Games concerning online skill-based gaming. This victory earned "The American Lawyer's prestigious Litigator of the Week honors." Davis was also lead counsel for complainants Composite Resources and North American Rescue in an ITC patent dispute over blood flow restriction devices. His experience further includes competitor-on-competitor cases for clients such as Attentive Mobile (advertising technology) and Webroot and Open Text (antivirus and endpoint security software), many of which settled before trial. He is also listed as counsel of record for the defendant in Skysong Innovations, LLC v. CrowdStrike, Inc. et al.

Davis is also active in post-grant proceedings, with experience before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). He served as IPR counsel for Bright House Networks, where all challenged claims were found unpatentable, and for patent owner ACQIS, where all instituted claims were upheld by the PTAB. He earned his J.D., with honors, from the University of Texas School of Law and holds a B.S.M.E., with high honors, from the University of California-Santa Barbara. He is a member of the Colorado Bar Association, Intellectual Property Section.