James E. Marina

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Professional Summary — James E. Marina

Specialty / focus. Marina is a patent litigator practicing in federal district courts and at the International Trade Commission, with a stated emphasis on the electrical arts and computer software (Kirkland & Ellis firm bio). His tracked matters cluster in two technology areas: (1) standards-based wireless — the Velocity Communication Technologies campaign over eleven former NXP/ZTE/Marvell patents alleged essential to the IEEE 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6) standard, covering beamforming, MU-MIMO, OFDMA, and power control; and (2) semiconductors and consumer-electronics hardware, including chip miniaturization, solid-state imaging, and memory. His broader practice as described by his firm spans graphics processors, chip packaging, and other high-technology electrical/software disputes.

Side preference. The tracked data shows 2 plaintiff-side and 4 defendant-side appearances, but the practical picture is defense-side representation of operating companies. In the Velocity campaign his notices of appearance are expressly entered on behalf of Lenovo, Motorola, OnePlus, and TP-Link as defendants — he does not appear to represent the NPE plaintiff. The other "plaintiff" entry (an undisclosed petitioner against Competitive Access Systems) is consistent with a PTAB challenge filed on the petitioner/challenger side rather than an infringement prosecution; I could not verify the specifics of that matter. One tracked entry (Velocity v. TP-Link) carries both a plaintiff and a defendant label, which appears to be a caption artifact rather than dual representation. Net: he is a defense/challenger-side litigator for technology manufacturers, not a prosecutor of NPE/PAE infringement claims.

Firm context. Marina is a partner in Kirkland & Ellis's Intellectual Property Litigation Group, based in New York, and has practiced there for more than 25 years, according to the firm's bio. He is the author of Kirkland's attorney listing as "James E. Marina, P.C." The tracked data lists one appearance (Velocity v. Dell) under Ropes & Gray; I could not verify any Ropes & Gray affiliation from public sources — Ropes & Gray does represent Dell in that Delaware case, but no public bio or filing ties Marina to that firm, so that attribution should be treated as unconfirmed.

Notable matters and PTAB experience. He has substantial Patent Trial and Appeal Board practice and is a registered patent practitioner, appearing as lead or back-up counsel in IPRs for Cisco (Cisco Systems v. Chrimar, IPR2018-01515, IPR2019-00401), Intel (Intel v. PACT XPP, IPR2020-00528, three patents invalidated), and IBM (IPR2025-00591, IPR2025-00599, lead counsel, 2025). His firm bio also credits him with leading Samsung's ITC efforts in three Section 337 investigations: an offensive case against Nvidia in which the ALJ found Nvidia's graphics processors infringed all three asserted chip-miniaturization patents; a defense against Dynamics Inc. in which all four asserted patents were invalidated after trial; and a defense against Sonrai Memory in which he obtained summary judgment of no violation on standing grounds based on a defective terminal disclaimer. Clients named in public filings and firm materials include Samsung, Intel, Cisco, IBM, Alcatel-Lucent, Lenovo/Motorola, OnePlus, and TP-Link.

Bar / education. Admitted in New Jersey (1996) and New York (1997); registered before the USPTO (Reg. No. 41,969); admitted to the Federal Circuit (1998) and Second Circuit (2005). J.D., NYU School of Law (1996); B.E., Mechanical Engineering, Cooper Union (1993), per his firm bio and Martindale profile.