Charles E. Fowler, Jr.

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Charles E. Fowler, Jr. — Patent Litigation Practice Summary

Fowler is an appellate-focused litigator at McKool Smith (Austin Principal) who supports trial teams and handles appeals in complex commercial, intellectual-property, and criminal matters; he leads the firm's appellate practice. His patent work spans software/AI and standards-related technologies rather than a single technical niche — including wireless charging (Mojo Mobility v. Samsung), AI/autonomous-driving systems (Autonomous Devices v. Tesla), and software-patent appeals under § 101 (Piranha Media v. Hulu). Based on the single tracked appearance, he has worked to date on the plaintiff/patent-owner side (Autonomous Devices, LLC v. Tesla, Inc., D. Del., 1:22-cv-01466-MN), and his verifiable patent engagements similarly skew toward patent owners/licensing entities. However, his broader commercial practice is two-sided, including defense work for CenturyLink and UBS, so the plaintiff-side tally likely reflects his current IP docket rather than a fixed orientation.

Fowler rejoined McKool Smith in 2023 after roughly three-and-a-half years as an Assistant U.S. Attorney (C.D. Cal. and W.D. Tex.), where he served in appellate sections; he began his career as a McKool Smith associate and clerked for Judge Harris Hartz (10th Cir.). He reports being lead counsel in well over 100 appeals/writ proceedings with 25 appellate oral arguments across the First, Fifth, Ninth, and Federal Circuits, Texas appellate courts, and the New York Appellate Division.

His most prominent patent result is the $192 million willful-infringement verdict for Mojo Mobility against Samsung (E.D. Tex., Sept. 2024) on wireless-charging patents, a trial team role that earned ALM "Litigator of the Week" runners-up recognition. In the tracked Autonomous Devices matter, he appears as counsel for the plaintiff in the Delaware case, which was stayed in January 2024 pending Tesla's IPRs; the PTAB has since invalidated challenged claims in related Tesla v. Autonomous Devices proceedings (e.g., IPR2023-01173, Jan. 2025), an unfavorable development for his client. On appeal, he secured denial of Apple's venue mandamus (In re Apple, Fed. Cir. 2024) and currently represents Evolved Wireless, Parus Holdings, and Piranha Media in Federal Circuit patent appeals.

On PTAB/IPR work: Fowler does not appear to be a regular PTAB oral advocate — the IPR transcripts in the Tesla/Autonomous Devices matter list McKool colleagues (e.g., Ondrick, Jacobs, Holley, Jairam) as counsel of record. His PTAB connection is primarily appellate, defending or appealing PTAB outcomes at the Federal Circuit (e.g., Google v. Parus Holdings, where he represents the patent owner appealing Google's challenge). Bar/education: J.D., with highest honors, University of Texas School of Law (2012); B.B.A., magna cum laude, Texas A&M (2009); Texas bar admission 2012.