Evan T. Kratzer

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Evan T. Kratzer — Patent Litigation Practice Summary

Focus areas. Kratzer is an associate in the Palo Alto office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and a member of the firm's Intellectual Property, Privacy/Cybersecurity and Data Innovation, and Artificial Intelligence practice groups. His patent work in the tracked matters centers on robotics and autonomous-systems technology: the Avidbots matter involves autonomous floor-scrubbing robots and patents on robot mapping, navigation, obstacle avoidance, and optical object detection (the accused products are the Avidbots Neo/Neo 2/Neo 2W and Kas robots). Web-searchable docket activity also shows him on software/computer-patent litigation for a decentralized-finance client (Uniswap Labs) and on a patent suit for steelmaker ArcelorMittal. There is no evidence in available sources of Wi-Fi/standards-essential-patent or pharmaceutical/Hatch-Waxman work; his firm bio's "Life Sciences" listing is a practice-area tag, not a documented case type.

Side preference. The tracked data shows a single appearance, on the defense side (0 plaintiff / 1 defendant), and that is consistent with the bulk of his verifiable docket — defending operating companies such as Avidbots and Universal Navigation/Uniswap Labs. However, he is not exclusively a defense-side lawyer: he appeared as counsel of record for plaintiff ArcelorMittal in ArcelorMittal v. VinFast Auto LLC (C.D. Cal. No. 2:24-cv-03128). On the current record he reads as primarily defense-oriented, with occasional representation of patent holders rather than a plaintiff/NPE practice.

Firm context and notable matters. His entire post-clerkship practice appears to have been at Gibson Dunn (Palo Alto), where he joined in December 2022. The most prominent tracked matter is the Brain Corporation v. Avidbots Corporation litigation (N.D. Ill. No. 1:24-cv-12569, filed Dec. 6, 2024, before Judge Jeremy C. Daniel), tracked in this dataset as "Avidbots Corporation v. Brain Corporation"; Kratzer represented the Avidbots defendants. Avidbots also filed an IPR against Brain Corp.'s U.S. Patent 10,001,780 (IPR2025-01600, filed Oct. 30, 2025), which PTAB docket aggregators list as terminated on Feb. 24, 2026 on a discretionary-denial basis — that outcome should be confirmed against the Board's own records, and note that Kratzer is not listed among counsel in the IPR itself (petitioner counsel of record is Brian Buroker; patent-owner counsel is Daniel Hughes). He was also part of the Gibson Dunn team representing Uniswap Labs in Bprotocol Foundation v. Universal Navigation Inc. (S.D.N.Y. No. 1:25-cv-04214, Judge John G. Koeltl), admitted pro hac vice in November 2025; that team was recognized in a Law.com "Litigator of the Week" runners-up notice in February 2026, though I could not verify the specific outcome from primary sources. He additionally represents Avidbots in Nilfisk Inc. v. Avidbots Corp. (N.D. Ill. and D. Minn., 2026), docketed as non-patent statutory actions.

PTAB/IPR experience. No verified PTAB appearances as counsel. The one IPR connected to his tracked client lists other counsel, so this profile should not be read as indicating a regular IPR/PGR practice on the available record.

Bar and education. J.D., Stanford Law School (2020); A.B., Princeton University (2016). Admitted in California (2021) and before the Federal Circuit, the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, the C.D. Cal., and the N.D. Cal.; law clerk to Judge Tiffany P. Cunningham (Fed. Cir., 2021–22) and Judge James V. Selna (C.D. Cal., 2020–21). Note: one aggregator lists him as a partner, but the firm's own bio identifies him as an associate — treat the associate title as authoritative.