Daniel T. Shvodian

Daniel T. Shvodian — Patent Litigation Practice Summary

Shvodian is a Palo Alto–based patent litigator whose practice concentrates on high-tech IP disputes: software, data storage/networking, communications, and electrical and computer technologies, with some exposure to biotech/biomedical matters. His tracked docket is uniformly defense-side — two appearances as Perkins Coie lead counsel for defendants (including Flexiworld Technologies, Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc.) — and web-verified matters confirm a pattern of representing large operating companies such as Amazon, Blizzard Entertainment, and Google against NPE/PAE plaintiffs. His firm profile also covers trademark, copyright, trade secret, and Section 337 ITC work.

Firm context: He is a partner at Perkins Coie in Palo Alto, which combined with Ashurst on June 29, 2026, to form Ashurst Perkins Coie (his State Bar listing reflects "Ashurst Perkins Coie US LLP"). He joined Perkins Coie in 2011 from Howrey (Palo Alto partner), one of four Howrey patent litigators — with James Valentine, Christopher Kelley, and James Pistorino — to move before Howrey's dissolution; he earlier practiced at Arnold White & Durkee.

Notable cases/outcomes: Shvodian argued AC Technologies S.A. v. Amazon.com, Inc./Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2018-1433), where the Federal Circuit affirmed the PTAB's invalidation of a data-storage patent (Jan. 9, 2019, per Reuters/Westlaw). He also led the defense in the related Via Vadis, LLC v. Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. appeals (19-2269/19-2270), in which the Federal Circuit (July 8, 2020) reversed in part on indefiniteness but affirmed invalidity of the system claims — the case later returned to the W.D. Tex. for a scheduled trial. He appeared for Amazon in VoIP-Pal.com v. Amazon.com (W.D. Tex./Fed. Cir., including the cert. petition docket 20-1809). Outcome of the tracked Flexiworld v. Amazon matter was not verified in this search.

PTAB/IPR experience: Significant — he has served as lead counsel on multiple IPRs, including for Blizzard (IPR2015-01805) and the Amazon/Blizzard challenges underlying AC Techs (IPR2015-01802, IPR2017-00948), and advises on IPR/PGR matters generally. Credentials: B.S.E.E. Bucknell (1987, magna cum laude), M.S.E.E. University of Maryland (1990), J.D. University of Virginia (1996); California bar (1996), USPTO registration, and admitted to the Federal and Ninth Circuits and all California federal district courts; Northern California Super Lawyer (2012–2026).