Daniel A. Kent

Daniel A. Kent is a seasoned patent litigator and a founding partner at Kent & Risley LLC, a boutique firm specializing in intellectual property and complex civil cases established in 2016. Prior to co-founding Kent & Risley, he gained extensive experience, including serving as a founding partner of the Atlanta office of Fish & Richardson, and practicing with Jones Day and Alston & Bird. Kent’s practice has a national scope, focusing on intellectual property litigation, trial, appellate, and mediation work across patent, trademark, trade secret, and copyright matters.

Kent's litigation practice consistently places him on the plaintiff's side, as evidenced by his appearances in five tracked patent infringement cases, where he has exclusively represented plaintiffs. His case history indicates a focus on enforcing intellectual property rights against established operating companies. Notably, he has served as lead counsel in prominent patent disputes, including Mimzi, LLC v. Hyundai Motor Company, Mimzi, LLC v. Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., and Wapp Tech Limited Partnership et al. v. T-Mobile US, Inc. He also acted as of counsel in Mimzi, LLC v. Mercedes-Benz AG and lead counsel in Mimzi, LLC v. Subaru Corporation. These cases suggest experience with technologies relevant to the automotive and telecommunications sectors.

While specific outcomes for these tracked cases are not detailed in publicly available web searches, Kent & Risley emphasizes its attorneys' experience in every stage of IP matters, including contested proceedings before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, trial, and appeal. However, detailed information regarding Daniel A. Kent's direct involvement or frequency of appearance in PTAB/IPR proceedings is not explicitly available from the conducted searches.

Kent is admitted to the State Bar of Georgia, as well as several federal district courts, including the Northern, Middle, and Eastern Districts of Texas, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh and Federal Circuits, and the U.S. Supreme Court. He earned his J.D. from Duke University School of Law in 1990 and holds a B.S., magna cum laude, in Communications from Grace College (1986).