Caitlin Rodgers

I'll research this attorney before drafting the summary.

Let me dig further on the case and disambiguate the potentially different attorneys with this name.

Let me disambiguate whether these are the same attorney and check for more detail.

Practice focus. Caitlin Rodgers is a Houston-based intellectual property litigator at Winston & Strawn whose tracked patent work is on the computer-architecture and software side. Her single tracked matter, Valtrus Innovations Ltd. v. SAP America, Inc., et al., No. 2:24-cv-00021-JRG (E.D. Tex., Marshall Div.) (Chief Judge Gilstrap), involves seven asserted patents covering multi-processor systems, cache memory, and data-processing technology — patents originally developed at Hewlett-Packard and later held by the Valtrus/Key Patent Innovations monetization entities. The case also produced a parallel Delaware action, SAP America, Inc. v. Valtrus Innovations Ltd., No. 1:24-cv-00756-GBW (D. Del.), and a related Marshall case, No. 2:24-cv-00533. I found no other tracked appearances or verified matters for her, so her technology profile is necessarily narrow and should be treated as provisional.

Side preference. Her tracked record is entirely defense-side (0 plaintiff / 1 defendant): she appears as counsel for SAP America, Inc. and SAP SE, operating companies defending against patent-assertion entities. There is no evidence in the available materials of plaintiff-side or NPE/PAE representation.

Firm context. Her tracked appearance is under Winston & Strawn, consistent with State Bar of Texas records listing her (as Caitlin Ann Rodgers, Bar No. 24143749) at Winston & Strawn LLP, 800 Capitol St., Suite 2400, Houston, with a practice area of Intellectual Property. Bar records show a license date of October 8, 2024, and a 2024 law-school graduation, indicating a junior associate. Disambiguation note: a King & Spalding profile describes a "Caitlin Rodgers" in Dallas (Trial and Global Disputes / Intellectual Property; Texas A&M B.S. and J.D., magna cum laude) who is a registered patent attorney and describes drafting IPR petitions. I could not confirm whether that is the same person or a different attorney with the same name — the Houston bar record and the K&S Dallas profile differ in office, firm, and registration status (a PTAB filing lists the Winston attorney as appearing pro hac vice, which typically signals non-registration). I would verify identity before relying on the K&S biography.

Notable matters, PTAB/IPR, and credentials. In Valtrus, SAP filed six inter partes reviews in January 2025 (IPR2025-00414 through -00420); the Office denied institution of all six in August 2025 under 35 U.S.C. § 314(a), citing the then-pending September 22, 2025 district court trial date and the age of the challenged patents (17–20 years). Rodgers is listed as pro hac vice counsel on at least one of the SAP petitions, indicating some, but not deep, PTAB involvement at this stage. On the appellate side, the Federal Circuit denied SAP's mandamus petition seeking intra-district transfer in In re SAP America, Inc., No. 2025-118 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 10, 2025) — a Winston team win on the venue issue — but the published counsel list for that appeal (Katherine Vidal, Michael Bittner, M. Brett Johnson, Thomas Melsheimer, Thanh Nguyen, Sean Suber) does not include Rodgers, so she should not be credited with that argument. Bar admission: Texas (2024). Education is not reliably sourced for this individual and is omitted here.