Erik J. Dykema

Erik J. Dykema — Patent Litigation Practice Summary

Specialty / focus areas. Dykema is a patent and IP litigator whose matters cluster in software, electronics, and telecommunications — consistent with his pre-law background as an electrical/computer engineer in digital microelectronics design. His district-court docket spans wireless/telecom patents (Wireless Recognition Technologies v. Nokia, E.D. Tex. 2010; GPNE Corp. v. Amazon, D. Haw. 2011; Tactile Feedback Technology v. ZTE and Cypress Lake Software v. ZTE, E.D. Tex.; FastVDO v. AT&T Mobility and v. Apple, S.D. Cal.), financial-services software (OANDA v. GAIN Capital, D.N.J.), and media/interactive systems (Mediated Ambiance v. TouchTunes, S.D.N.Y.). Per his own PTAB declaration, the "majority" of his practice has consisted of patent litigation and related post-grant matters, and he has also drafted IPR and ex parte reexamination petitions.

Side preference. His patent practice skews strongly plaintiff-side and patent-owner-side: the single tracked appearance in the case list is for a plaintiff, and nearly all verifiable district-court matters (Wireless Recognition, GPNE, Tactile Feedback, Cypress Lake, FastVDO, Mesa Digital, Mediated Ambiance, OANDA, Sisvel v. ZTE) were brought for patent monetization entities or operating companies asserting patents. At the PTAB he has appeared pro hac vice almost exclusively as patent-owner back-up counsel defending against petitioners such as Apple, Meta, and GAIN Capital. His defendant-side work is largely outside patents (e.g., TCPA and trademark defense). He has also served as general counsel to two companies (Allelo; Best-In-Class MD).

Firm context. Dykema began as a patent litigator at King & Spalding (2010), co-founded the legal-tech company CaseRails (2013), and was attorney/CTO at Upshaw PLLC (2015–2020), with stints at Zeller IP Group and Koning Zollar LLP (2020–2023, on OANDA v. GAIN Capital). As of the most recent verifiable records (2024–early 2025) he was of counsel at Bochner PLLC (New York); a docket entry shows his appearance in PleasrDAO v. Shkreli terminated in October 2025, so his current affiliation as of mid-2026 could not be verified. He is not affiliated with the similarly named Dykema law firm.

Notable cases, PTAB experience, bar/education. His most prominent matter is OANDA v. GAIN Capital (D.N.J. 2020), a multi-patent financial-software dispute he litigated alongside parallel CBM challenges (GAIN Capital v. OANDA, CBM2020-00021/22/23), where institution was denied in one CBM and the district case was eventually resolved in 2025. He also appeared for patent owners in IPR2020-01540 (Apple v. Wiesel), IPR2023-01023 (Meta v. Eight kHz), and IPR2024-00246 through -00251 (Meta v. Mobile Data Technologies) — enough PTAB activity to characterize him as a regular, if back-up, presence in IPR/PGR/CBM proceedings. No jury verdicts or Federal Circuit appeals were verified. He is admitted in New York and New Jersey; he holds a J.D. from Brooklyn Law School (2010) and a B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University (2000). Note: he also maintains a separate trademark practice, and web sources occasionally conflate him with others of the same name, so case-level details should be confirmed against dockets before use.