Patent litigation attorney
David M. Hoffman
14 tracked appearances — 4 plaintiff · 10 defendant.
Specialty & background
David M. Hoffman is a patent litigator whose practice focuses on technologies in the electrical and mechanical arts, including semiconductor technology, wireless communications, software, and medical devices. The provided data shows him appearing for both plaintiffs and defendants, with two tracked cases on the plaintiff side and one on the defendant side. He is currently a Principal at Fish & Richardson in Austin, Texas.
Mr. Hoffman's practice involves litigation in U.S. district courts, with a particular focus on the Western District of Texas, as well as proceedings before the U.S. International Trade Commission. The authoritative case list includes his work as counsel for the defendant in WirelessWerx IP LLC v. Audi Of America LLC, a case concerning vehicle-tracking systems that was dismissed. He also appeared as local counsel for the plaintiff Modulus Systems LLC in a case involving radio frequency module design. Additionally, he is listed as of counsel for the plaintiff in Toyota Motor Corporation v. Bunker Hill Technologies, LLC.
Beyond district court litigation, Mr. Hoffman has significant experience in post-grant proceedings, having appeared in more than 60 inter partes review (IPR) proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). His background includes work as an engineer at Applied Materials, Inc.
He earned his J.D. from The University of Texas School of Law in 2004 and holds undergraduate degrees in Electrical Engineering and Liberal Arts from the University of Texas at Austin. He is admitted to practice in Texas.
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Cases (14)
- Δ defendantAml Ip LLC v. Expedia, Inc.Fish & Richardson · lead counsel
- Δ defendantBlackbird Tech LLC v. Fitbit, Inc.Fish & Richardson · Counsel
- Δ defendantCentripetal Networks, LLC v. Keysight Technologies, Inc.Fish & Richardson · Lead Counsel
- Δ defendantDataServe Technologies LLC et al. v. General Motors LLCFish & Richardson · lead counsel
- Δ defendantDisintermedation Services Inc. v. Bank of America CorporationFish & Richardson · of counsel
- Δ defendantGreenthread, LLC v. OmniVision Technologies, Inc.Fish & Richardson · lead counsel
- Δ defendantGreenthread, LLC v. Renesas Electronics America, Inc.Fish & Richardson · lead counsel
- π plaintiffImaginear Inc v. Niantic IncFish & Richardson · of counsel
- π plaintiffIot Innovations LLC v. SimpliSafe, Inc. et al.Direction IP Law · Lead Counsel
- π plaintiffModulus Systems LLC v. Dusun Electron LtdHoffman Law & Strategy · local counsel
- Δ defendantMonticello Enterprises LLC v. Google LLCFish & Richardson · Counsel
- Δ defendantSamsung Electronics America Inc. et al. v. Topwire LLCFish & Richardson · Lead Counsel
- π plaintiffToyota Motor Corporation v. Bunker Hill Technologies, LLCFish & Richardson · of counsel
- Δ defendantWirelessWerx IP LLC v. Audi Of America LLCFish & Richardson · counsel