David Bernard Schwartz

Summary — David Bernard Schwartz

Practice profile. Schwartz's sole tracked patent matter is SportsCastr Inc. v. Sportradar Group AG et al. (E.D. Tex., Marshall Div.), a software/streaming-architecture dispute over patents directed to server and memory systems for low-latency live sports video streaming with synchronized data feeds. Publicly available profiles for a "David B. Schwartz" at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) describe him not as a patent litigator but as a Washington, D.C.–based antitrust and competition partner and former FTC lead investigative attorney, with published work focused on FTC enforcement, health care/life sciences, and information-blocking matters. Because his documented practice area does not match the patent case docket, some ambiguity exists as to whether the antitrust partner and the "David Bernard Schwartz" who entered an appearance in the SportsCastr matter are the same person; no web-accessible BCLP bio identifies him as a patent practitioner.

Side and firm context. His one tracked appearance was entirely defendant-side (1 defendant, 0 plaintiff), defending operating company Sportradar against SportsCastr (d/b/a Panda Interactive). The sample is too small to infer a systemic side preference, though it aligns with defense work for accused operating companies. His firm is Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner; if the D.C. antitrust partner is the same individual, he joined BCLP in August 2024 after roughly nine years at the FTC's Bureau of Competition (2015–22 and 2024), including work on FTC v. Amazon, FTC v. Surescripts, and Actavis pay-for-delay litigation.

Notable matters and PTAB exposure. The tracked case is notable for a venue ruling that Swiss-based Sportradar must face the Texas infringement suit (reported by Vital Law). Sportradar has also filed parallel inter partes reviews against SportsCastr's patents (e.g., IPR2025-00266, -00269, -00273), though BCLP's named PTAB counsel of record appears to be a different attorney (Frank Fabiani), and there is no evidence Schwartz appears regularly before the PTAB. No verdicts, Federal Circuit appeals, or settlements involving Schwartz were verifiable in this search.

Bar / education. If he is the D.C.-based David B. Schwartz: J.D., Stanford Law School (with distinction, 2009); B.A., Middlebury College (magna cum laude, 2004); admitted New York (2011) and District of Columbia (2024). This identification should be treated as unconfirmed against the patent-case docket record.