James J. Lukas, Jr.

Specialty and practice profile. James J. Lukas, Jr. is a patent litigator whose practice spans a broad technology range — electronics, computer hardware/software, wireless and cellular communications, medical devices, pharmaceuticals and ANDA cases, biotechnology, mechanical devices, automotive, internet/eCommerce, and protective equipment (per his Greenberg Traurig bio and Martindale case lists). His tracked docket (5 appearances: 2 plaintiff-side, 3 defendant-side) shows genuine two-sided work: he has enforced patents for operating companies (e.g., Teva in ANDA litigation, Chervon, McNeil-PPC) and defended operating companies against PAE-style assertions (e.g., Verizon Wireless, E*TRADE, VTech, Target, Medtronic, IDEAL Industries). If anything, the tracked matters skew slightly defendant-side, and his firm bio emphasizes both enforcing rights and defending infringement charges, including first-chaired trials, claim construction and summary judgment hearings, and Federal Circuit argument.

Firm context and notable matters. Lukas is Co-Chair of Greenberg Traurig's Chicago Intellectual Property & Technology Practice; his tracked appearances also run through St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, Potter Anderson & Corroon (local counsel), and Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath, with his GT bio noting several representations predate his arrival. The most prominent tracked matter is ImagineAR, Inc. v. Niantic, Inc. (D. Del., 1:24-cv-01252), where he served as plaintiff's counsel in a seven-patent augmented-reality suit; the case ended April 7, 2026 with final judgment for Niantic, four asserted patents held invalid under § 101 on judgment on the pleadings (PACER docket, Judge Wolson). Verified earlier results include a jury verdict of infringement and permanent injunction in McNeil-PPC v. Bayer; a Federal Circuit vacatur of an infringement finding and remand non-infringement verdict in C.R. Bard v. Medtronic; summary judgment of invalidity in Exergen v. Brooklands; and settlements following favorable claim-construction or invalidity rulings in Parallel Networks v. Netflix/ETRADE* and Trontech v. Thomson (VTech).

PTAB/IPR and credentials. Lukas regularly appears before the PTAB — his bio cites lead-counsel experience in IPRs and interferences, and he served as respondent counsel for ImagineAR in Niantic's IPR2025-01273/-01274 petitions (institution denied Jan. 9, 2026) and in Unified Patents IPR proceedings against ImagineAR. Bar and education: admitted in Illinois, the Federal Circuit, the Second Circuit, and the Northern District of Illinois, and registered with the USPTO; J.D., DePaul University College of Law (1999); B.S. in Biology, Illinois Wesleyan University.