J. Austin Curry

J. Austin Curry is a principal at Caldwell Cassady & Curry, focusing his practice on patent infringement disputes involving advanced technologies. His technical expertise spans electrical engineering, computer science, oil field services, and medical devices. Specific technology areas addressed in his cases include virtual private network (VPN) technology, online video sharing, streaming media delivery and interactive guides, digital content sales, secure communications, and ATSC 3.0 (NextGen TV) broadcasting. While his experience includes defending clients, his litigation practice primarily involves representing patent holders, with the firm having secured billions of dollars in verdicts and settlements for plaintiffs.

Mr. Curry has been a key member of trial teams in numerous high-profile patent cases resulting in substantial awards. He served on the team that secured a $105 million jury verdict for VirnetX against Microsoft in 2011, which later settled. He also contributed to multiple victories for VirnetX against Apple, including jury verdicts of $368 million, $625 million, $302 million (leading to a $439.7 million judgment affirmed by the Federal Circuit), and $502.6 million. In 2015, he represented Smartflash in a case that resulted in a jury ordering Apple to pay $532.9 million for infringing digital content sales patents. More recently, he was part of the team that won a $105 million verdict for VidStream against Twitter (now X Corp.) in April 2025, with a final judgment exceeding $172 million, and a $445.5 million verdict for Collision Communications against Samsung in October 2025. His cases include successfully representing Adeia Technologies in a patent infringement lawsuit against The Walt Disney Company, which resolved through a stipulated dismissal with prejudice in December 2025, indicating a confidential licensing agreement.

His practice also encompasses challenging intellectual property issues, including experience with Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) proceedings, as evidenced by a client's successful defense against a PTAB challenge that was later affirmed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Prior to co-founding Caldwell Cassady & Curry in 2013, Mr. Curry worked at McKool Smith and had industry experience at a semiconductor manufacturer.

Mr. Curry earned his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2007 and holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Mathematics from Southern Methodist University, where he graduated valedictorian in 2004. He is Board Certified in Patent Litigation by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. He is admitted to practice in Texas and New York state courts, multiple U.S. District Courts, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court.