David W. Higer

Practice focus. David W. Higer is a seasoned IP trial lawyer whose patent practice spans district court, the ITC, arbitration, the Federal Circuit, and the PTAB. His reported technology mix is broad and heavily technical: wireless/telecommunications hardware and software (base stations, handsets), standard-essential patents (ETSI/IEEE), semiconductor manufacturing, databases, digital imaging, embedded systems, encryption, gaming, optics, and medical devices/implants, across industries including automotive, medical, power generation, and transportation (Winstead bio; Cole Schotz bio). He also handles trade secret, copyright, antitrust, and related commercial disputes, plus IP monetization and licensing counseling.

Side and firm context. The two tracked appearances — both plaintiff-side, both at Winstead PC — align with his recent lead-counsel roles for patent owners/monetizers, but his career is not confined to one side. He joined Cole Schotz P.C. (Dallas) as a member in August 2026 after three years as a Winstead shareholder; prior stops were Wick Phillips (1.5 years), Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath (4 years), and Kirkland & Ellis (13.5 years, eight as partner). He is not in-house. Firm materials describe work for clients from individual inventors to Fortune 500 companies on both enforcement and defense, with more than $800 million secured for clients via verdicts, judgments, and settlements (Cole Schotz announcement; Texas Lawbook).

Notable matters and PTAB experience. The tracked case names are untitled in the available list, but his verifiable recent engagements include leading the MOSAID Technologies patent-owner teams in MOSAID Technologies Inc. v. MediaTek, Inc. (E.D. Tex. No. 2:23-cv-00129 and related IPRs, including IPR2024-00599, terminated by settlement) and MOSAID Technologies Inc. v. Infineon Technologies AG (W.D. Tex.), and serving as lead counsel for Westport Fuel Systems in Robert Bosch LLC v. Westport Fuel Systems Canada Inc. (IPR2023-00292/-00293), where the PTAB issued final written decisions confirming all challenged claims patentable (Feb. 2025). His IPR/PGR credentials are exceptional: founding member, incorporator, and former president of the PTAB Bar Association, and co-author of the treatise Trial Lawyers Guide to Post Grant Proceedings; he appears regularly as lead counsel in IPR proceedings. Earlier Kirkland work included standard-essential patent/FRAND litigation (e.g., Mosaid v. Micron involving JEDEC DDR SDRAM and GSM/WCDMA portfolios).

Credentials. J.D., summa cum laude, Gonzaga University School of Law (2004); B.S. Civil Engineering, University of Washington; admitted in Idaho and Illinois and before the USPTO and Federal Circuit (per firm bios).