John Charles Heuton

John Charles Heuton is a patent litigation attorney with Charhon, Callahan, Robson & Garza, PLLC, focusing his practice on intellectual property and complex commercial disputes. He has a background spanning over fifteen years in both in-house and law firm settings, previously working for intellectual property boutique law firms in Manhattan and Denver, and as IP counsel for a multinational telecommunications company.

Mr. Heuton demonstrates a diverse patent litigation practice, primarily defending companies but also appearing on the plaintiff side in PTAB proceedings. His tracked cases show a preference for the defendant side with four appearances, compared to one on the plaintiff side. His work encompasses technologies related to data communication and software, as evidenced by his involvement in Bright Data, Ltd. v. Teso LT, UAB et al., a case involving patents for systems providing faster and more efficient data communication and improving communications using intermediate nodes. The firm's broader practice areas include various technologies such as software, hardware, medical equipment, semiconductors, financial technologies, mobile devices, Internet communications, and e-commerce.

Heuton has significant experience before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), with three appearances in Inter Partes Review (IPR) proceedings. He also has appellate experience, having served as a law clerk to the Honorable Arthur J. Gajarsa at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the court that hears all appeals for patent infringement claims. His appellate work includes a tracked case, 23-2443, before the Federal Circuit. A related case, Bright Data, Ltd. v. Major Data UAB (Case No. 23-2415), saw the Federal Circuit affirm the invalidity of a Bright Data patent related to data communication. In the Bright Data, Ltd. v. Teso LT, UAB et al. district court case, where Heuton was counsel for the defendant, a jury found willful infringement against his clients and awarded damages to Bright Data, though a motion for injunctive relief was later denied.

Mr. Heuton is admitted to practice in Colorado and New York, before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and in various U.S. District Courts and the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 5th, 10th, and Federal Circuits. He earned his J.D. magna cum laude from Franklin Pierce Law Center (now University of New Hampshire School of Law) and holds a B.A. in Molecular Cellular Developmental Biology with a minor in Biochemistry from the University of Colorado, Boulder. Prior to law school, he worked at Amgen, Inc., improving methods of manufacturing interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1RA) protein.