Danielle De La Paz

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Danielle De La Paz — Patent Litigation Summary

Specialty / focus areas. De La Paz practices in intellectual property litigation and commercial litigation, per her State Bar of Texas registration. Her tracked patent work centers on software and e-commerce technology: in Zugara, Inc. v. Jand, Inc., the plaintiff asserts U.S. Patent No. 10,482,517, "Providing A Simulation Of Wearing Items Such As Garments And/Or Accessories," covering augmented-reality virtual try-on functionality (specifically the virtual try-on features in the Warby Parker mobile app and website). Publicly available dockets show appearances for the same firm in other plaintiff-side patent suits, including Zugara, Inc. v. JOIUSS Limited (E.D. Tex. 2:24-cv-00743), Lexidine, LLC v. AAMP of Florida, Inc. (M.D. Fla. 8:24-cv-00093), and Fleet Connect Solutions LLC v. AutoZone, Inc. (E.D. Tex., filed Jan. 2025), alongside firm colleagues Carey Rozier, Jonathan Hardt, and James F. McDonough III. No Wi-Fi/standards-essential, pharmaceutical, or mechanical patent practice is documented for her in available sources.

Side preference. Exclusively plaintiff side on the tracked record: 1 of 1 appearances as counsel for the patent owner (0 defendant-side). The pattern across the additional dockets noted above is the same — representation of patent-holder plaintiffs, several of which follow the non-practicing-entity model.

Firm context. She is an associate at Rozier Hardt McDonough PLLC, an Austin/Atlanta IP boutique that describes its practice as patent litigation, PTAB post-grant proceedings, trade secret and trademark/trade dress litigation, anti-counterfeiting, and patent prosecution. No prior firm history is documented in the sources reviewed.

Notable cases / outcomes. Zugara, Inc. v. Jand, Inc. (E.D. Tex. 2:25-cv-00183, filed Feb. 14, 2025, before Judge Rodney Gilstrap) is her most prominent tracked matter; Zugara sued JAND, Inc. d/b/a Warby Parker and The Estée Lauder Companies, and the cases were consolidated for pretrial purposes under the Jand lead case in April 2025. The docket shows only extensions of time to answer as of the most recent retrieval; no verdict, settlement, or appeal was found. Beyond that, no reported trial results or Federal Circuit appeals attributable to her were located.

PTAB / IPR experience. No IPR, PGR, or other PTAB filings naming her as counsel were found in the searches performed; this should be treated as unverified rather than as evidence of absence. Her firm markets PTAB experience, so post-grant work is plausible but not documented for her individually.

Bar / education. Admitted to the State Bar of Texas (Bar No. 24130716, license date September 15, 2022); J.D., Boston University (2021). Her State Bar statutory profile reports no federal court admissions, though she has appeared pro hac vice (e.g., M.D. Fla.) and in E.D. Tex. matters.