Eric M. Horsley

Eric M. Horsley is a patent litigation associate with a practice focused on intellectual property matters. His background in physics provides a strong foundation for handling complex technologies, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, medical devices, mobile communications, angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy, transducer imaging, and optical lattices. In addition to litigation, his practice encompasses counseling clients on patent portfolios and the drafting and prosecution of patent applications.

Mr. Horsley is currently an associate at Caldwell Cassady & Curry. Prior to this, he was an associate in the Patents Practice Group at Haynes and Boone. In the tracked cases, he has appeared exclusively on the defendant side in patent disputes.

His experience includes representing clients in inter partes review (IPR) proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). He has co-authored articles discussing IPRs, including an analysis of ex parte reexaminations following non-instituted IPRs and a review of cases related to establishing public accessibility of prior art in IPRs. No specific notable trial verdicts or settlements are directly attributable to Mr. Horsley in public records reviewed, given his graduation date.

Mr. Horsley earned his J.D. from Duke University School of Law in 2022. He also holds a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Pennsylvania (2019) and a B.S. in Physics from the University of Texas at Austin (2014). He was admitted to the State Bar of Texas in 2022.