Deepa Acharya

Deepa Acharya is a highly experienced patent litigator and a partner in Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP's Washington, D.C. office, which she joined as a founding member in 2011. Her practice focuses on high-stakes disputes encompassing patents, trade secrets, contracts, and licensing, with a deep understanding of complex technical fields. She has significant experience across a wide range of technologies, including wireless standards (5G, LTE, Wi-Fi), digital camera technology, Internet communications, software, telecommunications, artificial intelligence, and various consumer electronics.

Ms. Acharya maintains a balanced practice, representing clients in both offensive and defensive patent litigation matters. While her tracked appearances include three on the plaintiff side and two on the defendant side, her firm profile highlights significant defense work for major technology companies. She has litigated cases through trial and appeal in federal courts, the International Trade Commission (ITC), and the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.

Her notable representations include successfully securing a $1.1 billion jury verdict for California Institute of Technology in a patent infringement lawsuit against Apple and Broadcom, involving 802.11 IEEE wireless technology, with the liability judgment later affirmed by the Federal Circuit. Ms. Acharya has defended major technology clients like Samsung in cases such as VB Assets, LLC v. Samsung Electronics Co., LTD. et al. and in a cross-licensing dispute against Huawei involving 3G/UMTS and 4G/LTE standard-essential patents. She also defended Google in Virtamove Corp. v. Google LLC in both the Western District of Texas and the Northern District of California. Further, she played a role in obtaining a sweeping victory for Google in Eolas Technologies Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc. et al. in the Northern District of California and was listed on a related denied Supreme Court petition where Google was the respondent.

Ms. Acharya is also active in Post-Grant Practice, including Inter Partes Review (IPR) and Post-Grant Review (PGR) proceedings at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). Her firm, Quinn Emanuel, is consistently ranked among the top firms for PTAB proceedings, and she has contributed to successes such as representing Samsung as a petitioner in IPRs challenging LTE wireless communication patents. She holds a B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Economics from Carnegie Mellon University and a J.D., with honors, from the University of Texas at Austin. She is admitted to the District of Columbia Bar and the State Bar of California, among other federal district courts.