Jim Etheridge

Jim Etheridge is the founder and a registered patent attorney at Etheridge Law Group, established in 2008. His practice focuses on complex patent disputes, encompassing litigation, licensing, and negotiations. The firm, comprising seasoned technical attorneys, regularly handles patent cases across various technology sectors, with his tracked appearance involving telecommunications and wireless networking via Viasat Inc.

Mr. Etheridge's experience includes involvement in over 550 patent litigations, acting as lead counsel in the last 300 cases. While his single tracked case, Althearidge LLC v. Viasat Inc., shows a plaintiff-side representation, Etheridge Law Group states it has handled hundreds of patent litigation cases for both plaintiffs and defendants, demonstrating a versatile approach to patent disputes. Before founding his firm, Mr. Etheridge served for thirteen years as General Counsel and Vice President of Strategic Relations at a multinational Silicon Valley leader, gaining significant in-house experience in intellectual property strategy.

A significant aspect of his practice is extensive experience with post-grant proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and appeals to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC). He has been involved in over 185 Inter Partes Reviews (IPRs) and 50 Federal Circuit appeals. Etheridge Law Group has handled more than 250 IPRs and nearly 100 CAFC cases, earning recognition in a 2022 IPR Intelligence Report where the firm ranked as the 5th Most Active and 5th Best Performing Law Firm overall for IPRs. Jim Etheridge himself was ranked among the most active and best performing attorneys for patent owners in the same report.

Mr. Etheridge is admitted to practice in Texas. He holds a J.D. from USC Gould School of Law (1991), an MBA from Duke University – The Fuqua School of Business (2006), and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin (1981).