Garner B. Meads, III

Garner B. Meads, III is a seasoned in-house legal professional with a primary focus on patent litigation and intellectual property strategy within the smart home and security technology sector. As Chief Legal Officer and Secretary at Vivint Smart Home, Inc., his practice centers on defending an operating company against patent infringement claims. The cases he handles frequently involve technologies such as smart home integration, data collection, control panel functionalities, predictive analytics, home automation, and related software and security systems.

Meads operates exclusively on the defendant side, managing intellectual property matters for Vivint. His career at Vivint Smart Home began in 2016, following nearly two years at Vivint Solar, a sister company. Prior to his in-house roles, he gained experience at prominent law firms Vinson & Elkins LLP and Sidley Austin LLP.

Notable aspects of his practice include involvement in several key patent disputes. He has been involved in defending Vivint in cases such as IOT Innovations LLC v. Vivint, Inc. On the PTAB front, he has experience both as a patent owner whose patents were challenged, as seen in Alarm.com Inc. v. Vivint, Inc. where two Vivint patents were invalidated via IPRs and affirmed by the Federal Circuit, and as a patent owner successfully defending against an IPR petition filed by ADT LLC, where the PTAB denied institution for the challenged claims of a Vivint patent. Vivint has also been involved in patent infringement lawsuits initiated by ADT and Alarm.com concerning various smart home and security technologies.

Garner B. Meads, III earned his Juris Doctor (JD) degree from the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University. He is admitted to practice in Utah.