Jonathan Hart Rastegar

Jonathan Hart Rastegar is a Principal at Nelson Bumgardner Conroy, where he focuses his practice on patent infringement and complex commercial litigation. His technological expertise spans various high-tech fields, including telecommunications, wireless networking, solid-state storage devices, video compression and display, and autonomous vehicle artificial intelligence. His experience is informed by his background as a software developer at IBM prior to attending law school.

Rastegar primarily represents plaintiffs in patent litigation, with 7 of his 9 tracked appearances on the plaintiff side, and 2 on the defendant side. His firm, Nelson Bumgardner Conroy, is known for representing both plaintiffs and defendants in patent matters. Notable plaintiff-side engagements include his representation of Palisade Technologies, LLP in cases involving memory architecture and solid-state storage technologies against companies like Micron Technology, Inc. and Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd.. He also represented Bishop Display Tech LLC in disputes related to display technology. On the defense side, he represented Tesla, Inc. in Perceptive Automata LLC v. Tesla, Inc., a case concerning patents in autonomous vehicle AI and human state perception technologies, which concluded with a voluntary dismissal without prejudice. The Palisade Technologies, LLP v. Micron Technology, Inc. case, where his firm represented the plaintiff, resulted in the dismissal of all infringement claims against Micron with prejudice.

Jonathan Rastegar and his firm also have experience with post-grant review proceedings, including inter partes reviews (IPRs). His firm successfully defended client patents against IPR challenges brought by Micron Technology, Inc.. He is admitted to practice in the State of Texas and before the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Northern, and Western Districts of Texas, and the Western District of Wisconsin. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Texas – Austin and his Juris Doctor from Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law.