Jacob Buczko

Jacob Buczko is a Partner at Russ August & Kabat, where his practice focuses on patent litigation across diverse technology areas, including biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and electronics. His case record indicates a particular emphasis on software and standards-essential patents, representing clients in disputes involving containerization systems (VirtaMove Corp.) and technologies related to wireless standards (Wilus Institute of Standards and Technology Inc.). He also has experience with microscopy technology, having been part of a team that secured a jury verdict involving scanning probe/optical microscopes.

Buczko primarily represents plaintiffs, with seven of his eight tracked appearances being on the plaintiff side. This includes active litigation for entities like VirtaMove Corp. against major technology companies such as Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Google LLC, and for Wilus Institute of Standards and Technology Inc. against HP Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.. He has also represented defendants in patent litigation, as seen in a case where Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. was the plaintiff against Wilus Institute of Standards and Technology Inc.

Before joining Russ August & Kabat, Buczko was an associate at Kaye Scholer LLP and Kirkland & Ellis, focusing on intellectual property and real estate litigation. Notable outcomes in which he was involved include a jury verdict of patent infringement and a 5% royalty awarded to Nanology Alpha LLC in a case against WITec Wissenschaftliche Instrumente Und Technologie GmbH. He was also part of the trial team that secured a $262 million jury verdict for MR Technologies against Western Digital for patent infringement related to disk drive storage capacity. While Russ August & Kabat has a demonstrated history of success in inter partes review (IPR) proceedings, including being counsel in the first victory for a patentee before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, specific details of Buczko's regular involvement in IPR/PGR proceedings are not explicitly detailed in publicly available summaries.

Buczko earned his Bachelor of Science in Cell Biology/Molecular Genetics from the University of Maryland in College Park and his Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School, where he served as Articles Editor of the Columbia Science & Technology Law Review. He was admitted to the State Bar of California on May 7, 2010.