John P. Brinkmann

John P. Brinkmann is a Partner at Blue Peak Law Group, specializing in intellectual property litigation with a focus on representing technology and semiconductor companies in high-stakes cases. His experience spans a broad range of technologies, including CPU, GPU, and SoC architecture, nonvolatile memories, high-performance computing, wireless communication standards, semiconductor processing, DRAM architecture, memory controllers, medical devices, and networking standards and hardware. Blue Peak Law Group's practice also covers software, consumer electronics, biotechnology, life sciences, and pharmaceuticals.

With a practice predominantly on the defendant side, Mr. Brinkmann defends companies in patent infringement disputes. His tracked appearance includes representing Ginko LLC as a defendant in Unified Patents v. Ginko LLC, an action which typically involves challenging patent validity.

Mr. Brinkmann possesses significant experience in Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) proceedings, including Inter Partes Reviews (IPRs). The Unified Patents v. Ginko LLC matter is an IPR, and related district court litigation involving Ginko LLC's patents against Apple Inc. was notably stayed pending the outcome of an IPR, highlighting his involvement in these critical administrative challenges. His firm also emphasizes its capabilities in post-grant proceedings. His background includes serving as a technical advisor at Weil Gotshal and Fish & Richardson before becoming an attorney in 2009.

Mr. Brinkmann earned his J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center in 2009, following an M.E.E. and B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Rice University in 2002 and 2000, respectively. He is admitted to practice in Texas and before the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Southern, Western, and Northern Districts of Texas.