Hillary N. Bunsow

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Hillary N. Bunsow — Bunsow De Mory LLP (Redwood City, CA)

Focus areas. Bunsow's practice centers on patent and other IP litigation, with a technology mix drawn from the firm's plaintiff-side docket: video compression/codec and video processing (the VideoLabs matters and related IPRs), digital pen and stylus hardware (Wacom), computer functionality and security software (Daedalus Blue), and mechanical/product accessories (KI Metal's patented eyelets against Michael Kors). Her firm bio also describes copyright, trademark, trade secret, contract and unfair-competition disputes, plus patent monetization, licensing and enforcement counseling and general IP work for startups. She does not appear to have a pharma or life-sciences docket.

Side preference. Both tracked appearances are plaintiff-side — VideoLabs, Inc. v. Dell Technologies Inc. (attorney of record) and VideoLabs, Inc. v. HP Inc. (ancillary counsel) — and the 2 plaintiff / 0 defendant split is consistent with Bunsow De Mory's reputation as a plaintiff-oriented patent litigation boutique whose client base includes licensing/monetization entities (VideoLabs, Daedalus Blue, Virentem) alongside operating companies asserting patents (Wacom, KI Metal). VideoLabs is widely characterized as a non-practicing patent-assertion entity focused on video compression and processing patents. Note the counts reflect only tracked matters in this dataset and are a small sample of her overall case history.

Firm context. Bunsow is a senior associate at Bunsow De Mory LLP (founded by Henry Bunsow and managing partner Denise De Mory; Silicon Valley office plus a Northern Virginia office). Before joining the firm she was a litigation associate at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP and an in-house attorney for an entertainment company, per the firm's website. She is the firm's pro bono coordinator.

Notable matters and outcomes. The firm reports that she examined the damages expert in ViaTech Technologies, Inc. v. Adobe Inc. (D. Del.), where the jury returned a $33.8 million reasonable-royalty verdict. She is identified in filings and PTAB papers in the VideoLabs campaigns — including the Dell action (settled pre-trial in January 2024, per IAM) and the HP action in W.D. Tex. (asserting the '059 and '236 patents; dismissed with prejudice in May 2025 pursuant to a joint settlement). She also appears in firm-listed matters including Wacom v. Shenzhen Qianfenyi (USI-spec stylus patents), Daedalus Blue v. MicroStrategy and v. Microsoft, Virentem Ventures v. YouTube/Google (four asserted patents covering audio/video content presentation; a related IPR produced a Supreme Court cert petition, filed by the firm), and Inmar Brand Solutions v. Quotient Technology, where Bunsow De Mory won a PTAB refusal to institute a competitor's IPR. Results other than the VideoLabs settlements and the ViaTech verdict are firm-sourced and not independently confirmed by a court document I could retrieve.

PTAB / IPR. She has appeared in inter partes review proceedings, generally on the patent-owner side for the firm's plaintiff clients (e.g., the VideoLabs '059, '236 and '238 patent challenges brought by Dell, Amazon, Roku, Hisense and others), typically working alongside firm colleagues who serve as lead PTAB counsel. This reflects firm-level PTAB practice more than a standalone IPR practice of her own.

Bar / education. Admitted in California (2011); Duke University J.D. (cum laude) and Claremont McKenna College B.A. (magna cum laude). Court admissions include the Federal Circuit and district courts in the Central, Northern, Southern and Eastern Districts of California, E.D. and W.D. Texas, E.D. Virginia and Delaware.