David L. Conrad

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Professional Summary: David L. Conrad (Fish & Richardson)

Note on identification. The case list names "David L. Conrad," but every public record matching this profile — Fish & Richardson, Dallas IP litigation principal, two defendant-side connected-vehicle cases — corresponds to David B. (Brandon) Conrad (USPTO Reg. No. 60,788). I found no separate "David L. Conrad" at the firm. The summary below assumes they are the same person and should be confirmed before use.

Specialty / focus. Conrad is an intellectual-property litigator with an electrical-engineering background whose practice centers on patent defense in software and electronics rather than pharma, mechanical arts, or standards-essential licensing work. Reported matters span internet/e-commerce and website technology, § 101 subject-matter eligibility, fintech and payment systems, database and online-chat software, remote-desktop software, mobile advertising, telecommunications equipment (session border controllers and softswitches), video analytics and access control, and Bluetooth/Wi-Fi-connected consumer devices (smartwatches, Xbox Kinect accessories). His two tracked matters sit in the connected-vehicle space: AutoNavigare LLC v. General Motors, LLC (E.D. Tex., filed Dec. 2025, Judge Gilstrap), which asserts navigation/infotainment patents covering map updates, waypoints, EV energy-consumption prediction, and smartphone integration, and Fleet Connect Solutions LLC v. General Motors LLC, where he appears as local counsel.

Side preference. He is overwhelmingly a defense-side lawyer, consistent with the tracked 0-plaintiff / 2-defendant split. Fish & Richardson's own 2017 announcement describes him as a "crusader against bad faith patent assertion entities," and Managing IP's 2018 defendant rankings listed him among the top patent-defense attorneys nationally (15 new defense cases that year). Defense wins dominate the reported record. He is not exclusively defense-only — the firm site notes he represented patent enforcer Blue Calypso in enforcement actions against Groupon, Yelp, Foursquare, and IZEA — but that appears to be an exception.

Firm context. He has been at Fish & Richardson throughout his practiced career (principal, Dallas office), with no prior firm identified in the sources reviewed; Super Lawyers lists him as Texas-licensed since 2007, and UT Law class notes place him at Fish early on. No in-house role.

Notable cases and outcomes. The most prominent reported result is the Parallel Networks campaign against ~120 companies over website-functionality patents, where he represented 35-plus retailers, banks, and airlines, won two rounds of summary judgment zeroing out the plaintiff, and argued the Federal Circuit appeal that affirmed — with aggregate damages exposure reported above $100 million. Other verified defense results include § 101 Rule 12(b)(6) dismissals affirmed on appeal in Mantis Communications (Papa Murphy's, Baskin-Robbins, Regal Cinemas, Culver) and BSG Tech v. BuySeasons; a § 101 dismissal plus a full attorneys' fee award in Finnavations v. Payoneer; summary judgment of non-infringement for Hertz in the TQP Development encrypted-communications litigation; and lead-counsel defense of Genetec in Sensormatic v. Genetec. No trial verdicts or settlements in his two tracked GM matters are yet on the record.

PTAB / IPR. Active, on both sides of the caption. Petitioner-side work includes nine IPR petitions for Metaswitch in the Sonus Networks telecom dispute, three IPRs defending Microsoft on Xbox 360 Kinect patents (IPLearn-Focus v. Microsoft), lead counsel in MOM Enterprises v. Vieth (2023), and an IV/Ubiquiti petition (IPR2024-01290). He has also appeared for patent owners, including in IPR2022-00381 (Eden Park Illumination).

Bar / education. Admitted in Texas (2007); registered patent attorney, USPTO Reg. No. 60,788; J.D. with honors, University of Texas School of Law (2007); B.S. Electrical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin (2001).