Daniel B. Kolko

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Professional Summary — Daniel B. Kolko (Russ August & Kabat)

Practice focus / technology areas. Kolko's practice is patent litigation, with his firm bio describing matters in networking, cybersecurity, adtech, and cloud computing. That matches the tracked docket: the AlmondNet/Intent IQ/Datonics matters involve data-driven targeted-advertising and online-identifier patents; Athena Security involves network routing, VPN, and datacenter switch patents; and VirtaMove involves data-center/application-migration software. Search results also show him of counsel on TS-Optics Corp. v. Microsoft (C.D. Cal.), a hardware-encrypting memory/optical-disk-drive case, which broadens the picture slightly beyond the tracked list. No pharma, life-sciences, or mechanical caseload appears in the sources reviewed.

Side preference. He is overwhelmingly a plaintiff's-side litigator: 8 of 9 tracked appearances are plaintiff-side, and his repeat clients are patent-holding/assertion entities of the AlmondNet family (AlmondNet, Intent IQ, Datonics) plus VirtaMove and Athena Security. The single defendant-side tracked entry — Google LLC v. Virtamove, Corp. — appears to be a responsive filing arising out of VirtaMove's own assertion campaign rather than a defense practice; I found no verified evidence of a broader operating-company defense practice.

Firm context. The entire tracked career is at Russ August & Kabat (Los Angeles, and its Texas office practice), where he works within the firm's patent litigation group alongside Marc A. Fenster, Reza Mirzaie, Neil A. Rubin, Benjamin T. Wang, and James A. Milkey on the AlmondNet/Intent IQ/VirtaMove/Athena matters. His firm bio (archived/current) lists him as an associate; the role labels in the tracked data range from associate to counsel, which is consistent with someone being listed among counsel of record without a formal promotion. Before law school he worked in the conflicts department at Latham & Watkins (non-attorney role).

Notable matters and outcomes. Verifiable developments in his cases: TS-Optics v. Microsoft settled in principle (joint stay/notice of settlement, Sept. 30, 2025) and was dismissed in October 2025; Athena Security, LLP v. Google LLC (W.D. Tex., filed Apr. 2026) is active, with Google moving to dismiss and Athena amending its complaint; VirtaMove's Google actions in N.D. Cal. were consolidated in April 2026, and its Amazon case was transferred from W.D. Tex. to N.D. Cal.; and VirtaMove's HPE and IBM suits were litigated in E.D. Tex. He is also listed on the appellant's brief in AlmondNet, Inc. v. Meta Platforms, Inc. at the Federal Circuit. I did not find a reported verdict, final Federal Circuit decision on the merits, or confirmed damages award attributable to him.

PTAB / IPR. No PTAB or IPR/PGR appearances naming Kolko were found in the searches performed; his tracked work is district-court litigation. Russ August & Kabat does maintain an active PTAB practice for overlapping clients (e.g., Realtime Adaptive Streaming), but I could not verify Kolko's personal involvement in those proceedings.

Bar / education. Admitted to the State Bar of California, Dec. 3, 2021 (Bar No. 341680); J.D., UC Irvine School of Law; B.A., Political Science, UCLA. (Sources: firm bio, State Bar of California licensee data.)