Jason Mikus

Jason Mikus is an associate in the Litigation Department at Paul Hastings LLP, based in the firm's Washington, D.C. office. His practice is centered on intellectual property litigation, encompassing patent, trade secret, copyright, and unfair competition disputes in federal District Courts and before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). He handles a range of technologies, including wireless charging, active digital identity, knee replacement, and multimedia systems, drawing on his background as a former patent examiner where he reviewed applications in electronic control systems, bladed rotor systems, gas turbine engines, and hydraulic work machines.

Mikus primarily defends operating companies in complex intellectual property disputes. His case experience includes defending Samsung in patent infringement matters concerning wireless charging technology and against claims involving both patent infringement and trade secret misappropriation. He has also represented EVRYTHNG Limited in a trade secrets dispute related to active digital identity technologies and Zimmer Biomet in a commercial trade secrets dispute involving knee replacement technology.

His practice regularly involves post-grant proceedings, with experience representing clients like Google in Inter Partes Reviews (IPRs) challenging patents related to multimedia technologies. Mikus is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. He earned his J.D., with honors, from The George Washington University Law School in 2020 and holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Pennsylvania State University, obtained in 2010.