Erik M. Bokar

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Erik M. Bokar — Patent Litigation Practice Summary

Focus areas. Bokar is an associate in Greenberg Traurig's Intellectual Property Litigation Practice, with a practice centered on patent litigation plus clearance, freedom-to-operate, and invalidity/non-infringement opinions. His technical docket is broad and electronics-heavy: augmented reality, software and computer systems, signaling and wireless communications, remote-control and consumer-electronics technology, navigation/infotainment systems, UAVs, optics, battery technology, and medical devices, along with mechanical/industrial subject matter such as turbomachinery, lawn and power equipment, construction hardware and tools, food processing, and appliances. His undergraduate engineering background (aeronautical/astronautical, with turbomachinery research) is the stated basis for that range. He does not appear to practice in pharma or life sciences; the closest adjacent matters are medical-device and diagnostic-equipment cases.

Side preference. The tracked appearances are split (2 plaintiff-side, 3 defendant-side), and the pattern is best described as operating-company work on both sides of the "v." rather than NPE/PAE enforcement. He has represented patent owners seeking to enforce (Universal Electronics; ImagineAR), and he has defended accused infringers, including serving as back-up counsel for patent owner ImagineAR against Unified Patents' IPR challenges. His client base is established product companies and manufacturers rather than assertion-driven plaintiffs; firm bios describe both enforcement actions and defenses, plus ITC work.

Firm context. Bokar is currently at Greenberg Traurig (Chicago/Orlando offices; in the firm's Florida and Illinois practice footprint). His IPR declaration states he joined Greenberg Traurig as an associate in October 2019. An archived National Law Review author page lists him earlier at Brinks Gilson & Lione in Chicago — that page is undated/stale, so the timing of the move should be verified against his LinkedIn or the firm directly. The tracked case list also shows a single appearance credited to St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens in the ImagineAR v. Niantic matter, which is anomalous: the Delaware docket for that case lists him with Greenberg Traurig (with St. Onge possibly appearing earlier or on a related docket). Treat the St. Onge attribution as unverified.

Notable matters. Universal Electronics v. Roku is his most substantial engagement: he served as back-up counsel on the plaintiff/patent-owner side in the ITC investigation (Inv. No. 337-TA-1263) and the parallel Central District of California case, and he appeared pro hac vice for UEI as patent owner in the related IPRs. That campaign produced mixed results — UEI won at the ITC in 2022 (Roku's asserted '875 and '511 patents held invalid/indefinite; Roku's Federal Circuit appeal dismissed in relevant part in June 2025), but the PTAB invalidated UEI's own asserted claims, and the Federal Circuit affirmed that invalidation in Universal Electronics, Inc. v. Roku, Inc., No. 24-1856 (Fed. Cir. May 13, 2026). He was also on the Federal Circuit brief in In re Universal Electronics, Inc., No. 23-1016 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 6, 2024) (affirmed). In ImagineAR, Inc. v. Niantic, Inc. (D. Del.), the court granted Niantic judgment on the pleadings on April 7, 2026, holding four asserted AR patents invalid under § 101 and entering judgment for Niantic; ImagineAR has stated it will appeal. Firm bios also claim defense wins including summary judgment of non-infringement for a pet-technology client and a dismissal with prejudice plus attorneys' fees for a traffic-management client.

PTAB / IPR experience. Yes — this is a regular part of his practice, and he has handled IPRs on the patent-owner/respondent side (e.g., Roku v. Universal Electronics, IPR2021-00263 and related proceedings, where his pro hac vice declaration identifies prior admissions in IPR2020-00883 through -00888 and IPR2021-00260, plus an ex parte reexamination) and on the side of patent owners defending against Unified Patents and Niantic challenges to ImagineAR's AR patents. His firm bio also lists ex parte reexamination and patent appeals among his concentrations.

Bar / education. J.D., Indiana University Maurer School of Law (2017); B.S., Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, summa cum laude, The Ohio State University (2014). Admitted in Illinois and Florida, before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois; also admitted pro hac vice in PTAB proceedings. Recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch (2025–2026).

Verification note: the Brinks Gilson prior-firm detail and the St. Onge attribution come from secondary/aggregator sources and should be confirmed before relying on them.