David Kaminsky

Summary — David Kaminsky (Fish & Richardson, Washington, D.C.)

Focus areas. Kaminsky's patent work centers on computer and software technologies — cloud computing, machine learning, security, networking, parallel and distributed processing, blockchain, mobile computing, and IoT — per Fish & Richardson's published practice description. The one tracked litigation, Valtrus Innovations Ltd. et al. v. NetApp, Inc. (E.D. Tex., filed May 9, 2025), aligns with that profile: the patents at issue (U.S. 8,370,416; 8,370,571; 7,904,686; 7,856,488; 7,120,832; 7,640,332) cover networked data storage, storage virtualization, and related data-center technologies. There is no tracked pharma, mechanical, or Wi-Fi/SEP work.

Side preference. The tracked record shows exclusively defense-side work: 0 plaintiff-side appearances and 1 defendant-side appearance, representing an operating company (NetApp) against a patent-monetization plaintiff (Valtrus Innovations / Key Patent Innovations). That is a single data point, so it should be read as a lean toward defending operating companies rather than a demonstrated, repeated pattern; no NPE/PAE plaintiff-side representation appears in the tracked data.

Firm and background. Kaminsky is at Fish & Richardson in Washington, D.C., and previously spent his industry career at IBM as an IP Technologist and Chief Software Patent Architect. Note a sourcing caveat: Fish's own team page lists David L. Kaminsky, Ph.D., as a Technology Specialist / Litigation Technology Analyst — a non-attorney technical role emphasizing client counseling, patent prosecution, patent monetization, and portfolio development — rather than as an admitted litigator. The tracked docket lists "David Kaminsky" as lead counsel for NetApp, and I could not independently verify that appearance in the public filings I reviewed. Because multiple individuals share this name and the role descriptions conflict, bar admission should not be assumed and is not reliably sourced here.

Notable matters and PTAB. The most prominent tracked matter is the Valtrus v. NetApp action (E.D. Tex.), with a related NetApp declaratory-judgment action in the S.D.N.Y. (filed July 25, 2025) and parallel Valtrus litigation and IPR activity across other defendants (e.g., FedEx-related IPRs IPR2026-00039 and IPR2026-00060, where Fish & Richardson attorneys appear for the petitioners). No verified verdicts, Federal Circuit results, or settlements attributable to Kaminsky, and no confirmed PTAB/IPR appearances by him, were found in the sources reviewed.

Education (sourced). Ph.D. and M.S. in Computer Science, Yale University (1994, 1991); B.A. with distinction in Mathematics, University of Virginia (1988). Bar admissions: not reli