David L. Hecht

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David L. Hecht — Patent Litigation Practice Summary

Focus areas. Hecht is a registered patent attorney (Reg. No. 61,618) and a trained electrical/computer engineer (B.S., Rutgers) whose patent work centers on computer, software, communications, and medical-device technologies. His tracked docket clusters around two enforcement campaigns: the Proxense, LLC portfolio (biometric/"passwordless" authentication, mobile payment and digital-key technology, plus some wireless-communications patents) asserted against Apple, Google, Microsoft, Samsung, Intel, and LG in the Western District of Texas; and SitNet, LLC's "situational network" software patents in S.D.N.Y. and at the PTAB. He also handled Slingshot Printing's inkjet printhead/printhead-chip patents (a more mechanical/electrical hardware area) against Canon, and previously litigated payment and cloud-computing patents (Internet Patent Payments v. PayPal; Edge Networking Systems v. Microsoft). Firm and directory profiles describe a broader IP practice spanning patent, copyright, trademark, and trade secret matters.

Side preference. He works both sides, with a plaintiff/patent-owner tilt. The tracked list is 7 plaintiff-side versus 5 defendant-side appearances, and the roles are predominantly lead or co-lead counsel. In district court he is consistently the asserting side — lead or co-lead counsel for Proxense (co-counsel with Susman Godfrey on several cases) and for Slingshot Printing. On the defense side, his appearances are largely patent-owner defense of IPR petitions brought by Unified Patents, Meta, Google, Apple, Microsoft, Intel, and Samsung, i.e., defending the same patentees he represents offensively. Hecht Partners itself markets an IP practice representing clients "on both sides of the docket."

Firm context. Hecht is founder and co-managing partner of Hecht Partners LLP, a litigation boutique founded in 2020 and based in New York with additional offices in California, Minnesota, Florida, and Texas. Before founding the firm he practiced at Jones Day, Quinn Emanuel, and Steptoe & Johnson, and served as in-house counsel at a publicly traded company focused on licensing and IP assertion.

Notable matters. The Proxense campaign is the most prominent tracked work: Hecht's team won claim-construction "clean sweeps" and defeated venue-transfer bids (Google's Federal Circuit mandamus denied), Samsung settled on the eve of trial in 2023, and the Google case was dismissed with prejudice in January 2025 (implying a license). Proxense's suit against Apple was reportedly the first patent case filed over the Apple Vision Pro. In Slingshot Printing v. Canon, the outcome went the other way: the PTAB invalidated the challenged claims of several Slingshot patents and the Federal Circuit affirmed in 2026, with the E.D.N.Y. infringement actions stayed — those appeals were handled by other firms (MoloLamken/Fitch Even), so the appellate results should not be attributed to Hecht. Non-patent work includes Lead counsel for Corellium in its copyright/DMCA win against Apple (summary judgment, then Apple withdrew its remaining claims), a $25 million copyright jury verdict for BMG Rights Management, and the Ninth Circuit appeal in Hanagami v. Epic Games. He is also described as having been part of the Apple v. Samsung trial team and the ITC team that obtained a first-ever exclusion order against Apple; those older matters are firm-profile assertions rather than independently verified in the sources reviewed.

PTAB/IPR experience. Yes — he appears regularly as lead counsel for patent owners in AIA proceedings. Verified examples include the Proxense IPRs (e.g., IPR2024-01327 and related Google/Apple/Microsoft petitions, where he is listed lead counsel) and the SitNet IPRs (IPR2024-00528, -00530, -00612), including arguing the Meta Platforms v. SitNet hearing in June 2025 and filing a request for adverse judgment as to the '932 patent claims. A "Unified Patents v. SitNet LLC" matter is in the tracked list; I confirmed SitNet IPR work against Meta but did not independently verify a Unified Patents petition.

Bar/education. J.D., Fordham University School of Law (2008); M.B.A., Rutgers Business School; B.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rutgers, cum laude. Admitted in New York, New Jersey, Texas, and (per newer listings) Arizona and Connecticut; registered to practice before the USPTO; admitted to the Federal Circuit and several regional circuits and district courts.