Jeff Myers

Jeff Myers serves as the Vice President and Chief IP Counsel at Apple Inc., where his practice focuses exclusively on defending the company's intellectual property against infringement claims. He specializes in high-technology patent litigation, encompassing software, hardware, mobile technology, and consumer electronics.

His experience includes defending Apple in cases involving diverse technological areas. For instance, in CardWare Inc. v. Apple Inc., the litigation centered on Near-Field Communication (NFC) payment technology, impacting products such as iPhone, Apple Watch, and Apple Pay. In Avant Location Technologies LLC v. Apple Inc., the asserted patents related to mobile station presence monitoring and short-range wireless communication technologies like Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, specifically targeting Apple's "Find My" functionality. Prior to his tenure at Apple, Myers served as Chief Patent Counsel at Adobe and managed IP matters at companies including Intel, Caterpillar, and Sun Microsystems (now Oracle).

Myers has been significantly involved in prominent patent litigation. He was among the Apple lawyers guiding the successful Federal Circuit appeal in the decade-long VirnetX v. Apple saga, which resulted in a $576 million judgment against Apple being overturned and the asserted patents invalidated. His practice regularly involves proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), as evidenced by Apple's filing of Inter Partes Review (IPR) petitions against patents asserted by entities like CardWare Inc. and Avant Location Technologies LLC.

Myers earned his undergraduate Engineering degree from the University of Washington and his law degree from the Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College. He is admitted to practice in California.