Claire E. Schuster

Specialty & Practice Focus
Claire E. Schuster is a patent litigator and associate at DLA Piper's Boston office whose practice centers on high-stakes IP disputes in electronics, software, and medical devices, in both federal district court and Section 337 investigations at the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC). Her firm bio highlights particular depth in ITC practice, where she has represented both complainants and respondents across matters involving mobile devices, servers/electrical connectors, solar optimizers and inverters, automotive electronics, and magnetic data storage tapes. Her technical background is mechanical engineering, and she worked as a medical device engineer before law school.

Side Preference
Her sole tracked appearance is Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. v. Maxell, Ltd. (DLA Piper, counsel for Samsung), a case captioned on the plaintiff side — consistent with Samsung's role as petitioner in IPR challenges to Maxell patents within that dispute. Notably, that matter sits within a broader Samsung–Maxell war in which DLA Piper represents Samsung as the defendant/respondent against Maxell's district court and ITC claims. That pattern matches her stated practice emphasis: she has primarily defended operating companies — including in joint defense groups against non-practicing entities — while also enforcing clients' patents against competitors.

Firm Context & Notable Matters
Schuster joined DLA Piper after working at an IP boutique in Boston (unnamed in available sources), where she handled district court and ITC patent litigation. Her bio lists several notable results: securing dismissal of an ITC investigation involving solar optimizers on the eve of pre-hearing filings, early dismissal in an automotive-electronics investigation, and obtaining limited exclusion orders after a five-day ITC trial on server electrical connectors. On the tracked Samsung–Maxell matter, the broader dispute produced headline outcomes handled by the DLA team — including an Eastern District of Texas judgment as a matter of law (October 2025) overturning a $112 million jury verdict against Samsung, and a July 2026 ITC initial determination largely siding with Samsung — though the firm's public announcements do not specifically name Schuster as part of the trial team.

PTAB / IPR & Credentials
Based on the tracked caption and the PTAB filings in the Samsung–Maxell dispute, Schuster has at least some IPR exposure, but her public profile emphasizes ITC and district court work rather than a regular PTAB practice. She was recognized in Patexia's Top 100 Overall Best-Performing ITC Attorneys Representing Respondents (2026) and has been named a Super Lawyers Rising Star (2022–2025). She is admitted in Massachusetts (2017) and holds a J.D. from Boston College Law School, an M.B.A. from Boston University, and a B.S. in mechanical engineering from the University of Notre Dame.