Chad N. Pahnke

Chad N. Pahnke is an attorney specializing in patent litigation, currently serving as lead counsel at Kasowitz Benson Torres. His practice focuses on representing clients in complex intellectual property disputes, primarily in federal district courts. The firm's Intellectual Property Litigation group is known for its aggressive approach and extensive experience across a broad spectrum of patent, trademark, trade secret, and copyright matters, for both plaintiffs and defendants.

Pahnke's work, as demonstrated by his lead counsel role in Greenthread, LLC v. Cirrus Logic, Inc., indicates a focus on plaintiff-side patent enforcement, specifically within the electronics and semiconductor technology sectors. The Greenthread case involves patents related to semiconductor memory products, such as dynamic random access memory (DRAM) and flash memory.

The Greenthread v. Cirrus Logic litigation is notable for its close ties to multiple Inter Partes Review (IPR) proceedings at the USPTO, including IPR2024-00017, IPR2024-00001, and IPR2024-00016, which challenge the validity of the asserted patents, such as Patent 10,510,842, concerning semiconductor devices with graded dopant concentrations. As lead counsel, Pahnke is likely involved in the strategic management of these concurrent PTAB proceedings, which have seen Director Review requests and remands for discovery on issues of privity.

Specific details regarding Chad N. Pahnke's educational background and bar admissions are not publicly available from reliable sources. Information found regarding a "Chad A. Pahnke" at a different firm (McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd.) relates to a distinct individual focused on patent prosecution, and is not applicable to Chad N. Pahnke of Kasowitz Benson Torres.