Daniel Valencia

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Daniel Valencia — Patent Litigation Practice Summary

Focus areas. Valencia's practice centers on Section 337 investigations at the U.S. International Trade Commission and parallel district court patent litigation, with a strong electronics/semiconductor orientation. Reported matters span Wi-Fi 6/6E/7 standards (Lenovo, HP), GPU interconnect technology (NVIDIA, Microsoft, Amazon), NAND/DRAM memory (Kioxia), multicore processors and processor power management (AMD), photovoltaic cells (JA Solar), RF microneedling medical devices, at-home connected fitness equipment, and COVID-19 testing swabs. He also handles trade secret and unfair competition claims at the ITC and advises on Customs and Border Protection enforcement of ITC remedial orders. His technical background is in electrical engineering — he worked in the semiconductor industry designing circuits before becoming a USPTO patent examiner.

Side preference. The practice is predominantly defensive/respondent-side, consistent with the tracked data (1 tracked appearance, defendant side; 0 plaintiff side). Nearly all matters described in his firm bios cast him as defense counsel for operating companies — AMD, Lenovo, HP, Samsung Display, Kioxia, Halma/FirePro, Chinese swab manufacturers. He does maintain an offensive component: he represented Deere in offensive patent litigation in D. Del. and led an offensive ITC trade secret action for a foodservice equipment manufacturer. Chambers describes him as advising both complainants and respondents in Section 337 investigations.

Firm context and notable cases. The tracked case list places him at DLA Piper, where he joined as a partner in the Patent Litigation subgroup in August 2023, arriving from Covington & Burling (special counsel). Before private practice he served at the ITC as an Investigative Attorney in the Office of Unfair Import Investigations and as an attorney in the Office of the General Counsel, and earlier was a USPTO patent examiner. Search results indicate he has since moved again — reported departures in mid-2026 to a firm where he chairs the ITC practice — but that transition postdates the tracked DLA Piper appearance and should be verified before it is relied on. Verifiable outcome highlights include Certain Flocked Swabs (Inv. No. 337-TA-1279), where the defense obtained a finding of no infringement after ITC trial that was affirmed by the Federal Circuit; Certain Video Processing Devices (Inv. No. 337-TA-1323), where the Lenovo defense secured an early invalidity ruling on an asserted patent; and Certain Aerosol Fire Extinguishing Technology (Inv. No. 337-TA-1395), where the complainant withdrew its infringement allegations without settlement. He also tried Deere & Co. v. AGCO (D. Del.) to jury verdict and defended Solas OLED v. Samsung Display (E.D. Tex.) through jury trial. He is Chambers-ranked (Band 5, Section 337, USA and Global, 2024–2026), Legal 500–recommended, and recognized by Patexia as a top-performing ITC attorney representing respondents, with the firm reporting 75+ Section 337 investigations since 2008.

PTAB/IPR and credentials. No IPR, PGR, or PTAB practice is described in any source reviewed, and no PTAB filings were identified — I would not represent him as a regular PTAB practitioner without further checking. He holds a JD from George Washington University (2006) and a BS from the University of Maryland (2001), is admitted in the District of Columbia and registered with the USPTO, and is admitted to the Federal Circuit, D.D.C., W.D. Tex., and the Court of International Trade.

Sourcing note: the professional history above is drawn from firm biographies, Chambers, Law360, and legal-press coverage. "Daniel Valencia" is a common name; the details here correspond to Daniel E. Valencia, the Washington, D.C. IP litigator. The single tracked case in the underlying list is unlabeled and contributes little beyond confirming defendant-side representation.