Forrest Gothia

Forrest Gothia — Patent Litigation Practice Summary

Forrest Gothia is a managing associate in Dentons US LLP's Intellectual Property & Technology group (Dallas), where his tracked work centers on patent litigation for operating-company defendants in the video-conferencing and wireless-presentation space. His substantive background is broader: before joining Dentons he was an associate at Haynes Boone, prosecuting patent applications for the oil and gas industry in mechanical and chemical technologies, along with design patents and IP counseling. His tracked docket — Barco/Barco NV v. Yealink and Yealink USA v. Barco NV — concerns meeting/collaboration technology patents covering audio, networking, and wireless presentation systems, the same family of cases where he has been most active.

Side preference. Of three tracked appearances, Gothia has been defense counsel in two and plaintiff counsel in one, but all three are different postures of the same Barco–Yealink dispute, in which he represents Yealink (a China-based operating company, not an NPE). Court docket searches show additional defense-side appearances for operating-company defendants (Orca AG/Orca America, Diversitech, Brightline Dealer Advisors), indicating a practice weighted toward representing accused infringers/operating companies rather than patent monetizers.

Notable matters and outcomes. Gothia's most prominent matter is Barco, Inc. v. Yealink (USA) Network Technology Co., Ltd., No. 2:23-cv-00521 (E.D. Tex., Judge Gilstrap), where he was a key contributor on the Dentons team (led by Stephen Yang and Victor Johnson). In November 2025 the jury rejected Barco's willful- and ongoing-infringement claims and awarded only ~$907,000 — a fraction of the damages sought. Dentons has publicly credited Gothia as a leader of the parallel USPTO proceedings: PTAB Final Written Decisions in April 2026 invalidated all challenged claims across four asserted patents, and the remaining two patents were ordered into ex parte reexamination. Post-trial briefing on final judgment, injunction, and a stay motion was still pending as of the 2026 filings reviewed.

PTAB/IPR experience. Gothia regularly appears before the PTAB: he was identified as leading the Patent Office proceedings (with counsel Kevin Greenleaf) in the Yealink/Barco IPRs, and Dentons' filings show him as counsel on IPR-related submissions. A USPTO certificate of service lists him (Reg. No. 80,399) on IPR filings.

Bar/education. Texas bar (No. 24125250); USPTO registered (No. 80,399). B.S. in petroleum engineering, Texas A&M University (2018); J.D., Texas A&M University School of Law (2021, magna cum laude). These credentials are sourced from a Haynes Boone bio, CourtListener filings, and USPTO records; I found no reliable public source for his education beyond that or for any law-firm history predating Haynes Boone.