Darryl J. Adams

Darryl J. Adams is a shareholder at Slayden Grubert Beard PLLC in Austin, Texas, with a patent litigation practice focused on the electronics and computer technology sectors. His background includes a graduate degree in Electrical Engineering and a decade of experience as an engineer, which informs his work on complex patent matters. The technologies at issue in his tracked cases, which include litigation against Amazon.com, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and Texas Instruments, are consistent with this specialization.

Based on tracked appearances, Adams primarily represents clients on the defense side of patent disputes, having appeared for the defendant in four of five tracked cases. His firm biography and case history highlight his extensive experience in the Western District of Texas, where he has served as both lead and local counsel for companies defending against infringement claims. Adams has secured significant victories for defendants, including assisting in the complete non-infringement jury verdict for Roku in the first patent jury trial before Judge Albright in the Waco Division.

Adams is a registered patent attorney with experience before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and has litigated appeals before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, where he also clerked for the Honorable Alvin A. Schall. His practice includes proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), where he has been part of teams that have successfully used inter partes review (IPR) petitions to challenge patent validity. He was on the SGB team representing Lightspeed POS Inc. in a series of IPRs that resulted in the PTAB finding all 88 challenged claims unpatentable across three patents.

Adams is a member of the Texas bar and is admitted to practice before several federal district courts in Texas and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He earned his J.D. from the George Washington University Law School. Prior to his current role at Slayden Grubert Beard, he was associated with Baker & Hostetler. An appearance with a firm listed as "Slaughter & Adams" could not be independently verified through publicly available sources.