Dustin L. Taylor

Dustin L. Taylor — Patent Litigation Practice Summary

Specialty / focus. Taylor is an intellectual property litigator whose patent work has centered on Hatch-Waxman/ANDA and 505(b)(2) pharmaceutical disputes (fingolimod/Gilenya, Sigmapharm's generic Trintellix work), medical-monitoring/wearable technology, telecommunications, and agricultural technology, alongside trademark, trade secret, and copyright matters. His broader practice (per his firm bios) covers AI-related disputes and data-privacy litigation involving cookies, pixels, session-replay tech, and wiretapping statutes (ECPA, CIPA, CFAA). His tracked appearances are limited but entirely defendant-side (2 of 2), and his notable patent engagements — Sotera Wireless, Farmobile, Sigmapharm, and the Handa entities — were all defense work, though his firm profile states he represents both plaintiffs and defendants.

Firm context. Taylor was at Husch Blackwell (Denver) during the tracked cases, appearing as of counsel in the Novartis v. Handa litigations; a 2023 court filing lists him as a Husch Blackwell partner. He joined Husch Blackwell after starting at a boutique IP litigation firm in Austin, Texas (name not identified in available sources). As of 2026 he is at Troutman Pepper Locke, where his practice has shifted primarily to privacy and data-security litigation. He holds a J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law (2013) and a B.S. from UT Austin (2009); he is admitted in Colorado, Illinois, and Texas, with district-court admissions including E.D. Tex., N.D. Tex., W.D. Tex., D. Colo., and N.D. Ill.

Notable cases. In Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. v. Handa Neuroscience, LLC et al. and the related action against Handa Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (D. Del.), Taylor represented the Handa entities in Hatch-Waxman litigation over Novartis's Gilenya patents; Judge Stark denied Handa's motion to dismiss/transfer in March 2022 and the case proceeded to discovery. He also served on the Husch Blackwell team for Sotera Wireless v. Masimo, which invalidated all 175 disputed claims across eight IPRs — a closely watched, precedential outcome on avoiding discretionary denial under Fintiv — and later won Federal Circuit affirmance (Sept.–Oct. 2023). He was part of the team that secured a complete summary-judgment defense victory for Farmobile in the Farmers Edge trade-secret suit (2018), and he aided Sigmapharm Laboratories in a claim construction adopted verbatim.

PTAB / IPR experience. Taylor has substantial IPR exposure through the Sotera/Masimo matter (eight related petitions, precedential institution decision on Sotera-style stipulations, and Federal Circuit affirmance); his PTAB appearances otherwise appear to be case-team involvement rather than a solo IPR-heavy practice. His current role at Troutman Pepper Locke is primarily privacy litigation, so patent-side work appears to be a prior chapter of his career.