Jack R. Wilson

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Jack R. Wilson, IV — patent litigation practice summary

Focus. Mr. Wilson is a Washington, D.C.-based patent litigator at Fish & Richardson whose practice centers on Section 337 investigations at the International Trade Commission, with additional U.S. district court and PTAB work. His technical background is computer engineering (B.S., University of Virginia), and his firm biography describes a concentration in consumer-facing and connected technologies — smartphones, tablets, laptops, home appliances, smart TVs, set-top boxes, the internet of things, toys, and apps — with additional exposure to semiconductor/video-processing and materials/manufacturing disputes (hot-stamped aluminum-coated steel). He is an adjunct professor at William & Mary Law School, where he teaches a course on ITC patent infringement investigations.

Side preference. The tracked data is entirely defense-side (0 plaintiff / 2 defendant), and that is consistent with his most visible recent work: defending VinFast in ArcelorMittal's multi-front campaign, and the tracked entry listing him as defense counsel for ArcelorMittal in POSCO Co. Ltd. v. ArcelorMittal. His practice is not, however, confined to defense — his reported ITC experience includes complainant-side work (e.g., iRobot's and The Chamberlain Group's investigations) and patent-owner defense at the PTAB — so he works both sides, with an institutional emphasis on ITC-centric patent disputes.

Firm context. Fish & Richardson is his only firm: he joined the D.C. office as an associate in 2017 and is now a principal. Before law school he served as a U.S. Army ordnance officer in a short-range air and missile defense battalion.

Notable matters and outcomes. ArcelorMittal of Luxembourg v. VinFast Auto Ltd. et al. (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1402; parallel C.D. Cal. action stayed pending the ITC) is the most concrete result: the ALJ's July 18, 2025 final initial determination found no violation and invalidated the asserted claims of U.S. Patents 10,961,602 and 11,326,227, and the Commission affirmed and terminated the investigation on September 18, 2025 — a complete win for the VinFast respondents, on whose team he served. The same two patents are the subject of the parallel POSCO-led IPRs (IPR2024-01376/-01377 and IPR2025-00370/-00371); those proceedings produced widely discussed PTAB rulings on applying Fintiv to parallel ITC investigations and on "settled expectations" (the Acting Director's June 25, 2025 referral for institution). Caution: I could not independently verify Mr. Wilson's individual role in the POSCO/ArcelorMittal filings from public dockets; the tracked entry is the source for that appearance.

PTAB/IPR experience. His firm biography states that he manages PTAB matters and won denial of multiple IPR petitions protecting a medical-device client's patents, indicating regular patent-owner-side PTAB work alongside his litigation practice. He also appears in public PTAB filings in IPR/PGR matters in the electronics and networking space, though those listings are not all independently confirmed as his personal appearances.

Bar/education. J.D., magna cum laude, William & Mary Law School (2016); B.S., Computer Engineering, University of Virginia (2009); admitted in Virginia and the District of Columbia and registered before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Disambiguation note: This profile describes Jack R. Wilson, IV (Fish & Richardson, Washington, D.C.). He should not be confused with a Texas-based IP attorney of a similar name formerly associated with Jenkens & Gilchrist and Fish & Richardson.