Haley M. Sanders

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Specialty / focus areas. Haley M. Sanders is a patent litigator whose verified work clusters in two technology areas: data security/encryption and warehouse automation/robotics. Her disclosed post-grant work centers on the Security First Innovations patents covering data splitting, encryption and secure storage (U.S. Patents 11,178,116; 11,068,609; 10,452,854; 9,338,140), challenged by Google in a set of related IPRs. She also appeared on the Sullivan & Cromwell team in the global Ocado/AutoStore warehouse-robotics disputes (the "Robot Wars"). Public dockets additionally list her in HP Inc. v. Access Advance LLC (D. Mass.), a dispute involving a patent-pool administrator, though her specific role there is not well documented. Her PTAB declaration describes her experience as including drafting patent owner responses.

Side preference. The authoritative case list shows one tracked appearance, on the plaintiff/patent-owner side, and verified records are consistent with that: in the Security First matters she appears as back-up counsel for Patent Owner Security First Innovations against Google's IPR petitions. That said, the record is not one-sided — in the Ocado/AutoStore litigation she worked for the accused/defending party. On this record she appears to work both sides rather than exclusively defending operating companies or exclusively representing NPEs/PAEs.

Firm context. She is an associate at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP (New York), where her practice has been patent-focused; her PTAB pro hac vice declaration states she has practiced in New York since 2022. No prior firm history is documented in public sources reviewed.

Notable cases / outcomes. The most prominent tracked matter is the Security First Innovations v. Google dispute (E.D. Va. No. 2:23-cv-00097), which was stayed pending IPR and generated three instituted IPRs (IPR2024-00212, -00214, -00215) consolidated for a February 27, 2025 oral hearing; a related petition, IPR2024-00213 (the '140 patent), was denied institution in June 2024. She was granted pro hac vice admission as back-up counsel (Feb. 19, 2025) and argued as a LEAP practitioner at the consolidated hearing. She was also a member of the S&C team that represented Ocado Group in its multi-front patent disputes with AutoStore, which ended in a July 2023 settlement under which AutoStore paid Ocado more than $250 million and the parties cross-licensed their pre-2020 patents — a result the firm and press characterized as a win for Ocado. The team-level outcome is well documented; her individual contribution is not separately reported.

PTAB / IPR experience. Yes — she appears in IPR proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, with experience including patent owner responses, and has participated in a consolidated oral hearing. Her verified PTAB appearances to date are in the Security First/Google IPRs and the earlier AutoStore Sys., Inc. v. Ocado Innovation Ltd. IPRs (IPR2022-00673, -00443).

Bar / education. Admitted to practice in New York (2022), per her PTAB pro hac vice declaration; education and any USPTO registration are not reliably sourced and are therefore omitted.