Jonathan M. Jackson

Jonathan M. Jackson is a counsel at Bird Marella focusing on complex commercial and intellectual property litigation. His practice includes patent, trade secret, trademark, and copyright litigation, alongside a range of other commercial disputes. Based on his representation of Valve Corporation in litigation against Ironburg Inventions, his experience includes disputes in the mechanical and software arts related to consumer electronics and video game peripherals. The attorney has experience representing clients in proceedings before the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO).

The provided case data shows Mr. Jackson representing the plaintiff in his only tracked appearance. In Valve Corporation v. Ironburg Inventions Ltd., he was counsel for Valve. This long-running, high-stakes dispute involved a jury trial that resulted in a $4 million verdict for Ironburg for willful infringement of its patent on video game controllers, as well as extensive parallel inter partes review (IPR) proceedings and multiple appeals to the Federal Circuit.

Mr. Jackson joined Bird Marella in 2019 and was elevated to counsel effective January 1, 2025. Prior to joining the firm, he was a litigation associate at Latham & Watkins LLP.

He earned his J.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Law, where he graduated first in his class and served as a managing editor of the UCLA Law Review. He holds a B.S. from Stanford University. Following law school, he clerked for the Hon. Stephen V. Wilson of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California and for the Hon. Carlos T. Bea of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He is a member of the State Bar of California.