Fahd H. Patel

Specialty / focus areas. Fahd H. Patel is a patent litigator whose tracked work is concentrated in software, communications, and semiconductor/optics technologies — he has also handled transportation/e-commerce and mechanical/manufacturing matters. His case mix spans speech-recognition (Parus/Apple), enterprise security software (Virtru/Microsoft), and automotive electronics (Broadcom/Toyota). He is not a pharma/life-sciences practitioner.

Side preference. Both tracked appearances are defendant-side: Patel represented Apple in Parus Holdings, Inc. v. Apple Inc. and the related Apple Inc. v. Parus Holdings, Inc. matter — i.e., defending an operating company against an NPE asserting voice-recognition patents. In his broader IPR practice he worked both sides (petitioner for Broadcom; patent owner for Lazare Kaplan and Virtru).

Firm context. Per the tracked-case record, the Parus/Apple appearance is attributed to O'Melveny & Myers, though I could not independently verify that affiliation — public sources (Law360, PTAB filings) place Patel at Morrison & Foerster LLP's Washington, D.C. office for that same matter, and he is no longer in private practice: he is now an Associate Solicitor in the USPTO's Office of the Solicitor, where he represents the Director in Federal Circuit appeals. His earlier private-firm career was at Morrison & Foerster and, before that, Finnegan Henderson (now Finnegan).

Notable cases / outcomes. The most prominent tracked matter is the Parus/Apple litigation (Apple defense). At Morrison & Foerster he also appeared in Virtru Corp. v. Microsoft Corp. (W.D. Wash. and W.D. Tex.) and IPR2019-01039/-01040/-01041 (Broadcom v. Toyota, where he was petitioner's counsel in parallel PTAB and E.D. Tex. proceedings). As Solicitor's Office counsel he argued Federal Circuit appeals for the USPTO Director, including a May 2025 Rule 36 affirmance in No. 24-1199.

PTAB / IPR experience. Strong and regular. Patel has appeared in numerous IPRs (e.g., IPR2015-00024 for patent owner Lazare Kaplan), is a PTAB Bar Association member since 2016 and Conference Committee co-chair, and co-led a 2022 motions-to-amend webinar covered by Legal Dive. His current USPTO role centers on PTAB-related appellate work.

Bar / education. J.D., Georgetown University Law Center (2009); registered patent attorney (USPTO Reg. No. 61,780) and former USPTO patent examiner. State bar admission was not confirmed from available sources.