Jonathan Solomon

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Jonathan A. Solomon — Patent Litigation Practice Summary

Specialty / focus. Solomon is a principal in Fish & Richardson's Dallas office, and his published practice description is weighted toward patent prosecution, portfolio management, and client counseling rather than courtroom work. The technical areas he claims are computer software and cloud/enterprise software (SaaS, multi-tenant cloud, IoT, machine learning/AI, big data and databases, e-commerce), telecommunications, and financial technologies (mobile payments and security, fintech, digital rights management), plus medical devices. On the telecom side, the firm bio states he personally leads the prosecution team handling 5G- and 4G-related inventions, including standard-covered subject matter, and "standard essential patents" is listed among his practice areas. His one identifiable tracked litigation matter, Headwater Research LLC v. Target Corp., involves wireless/device-assisted services patents — consistent with a wireless-and-software portfolio emphasis.

Side preference. The tracked data show two appearances, both as counsel for the defense and none for plaintiffs. That is consistent with defending operating companies — here, a retailer — against NPE/PAE assertions; Headwater Research is a well-known non-practicing patent holder (patents originating with inventor Gregory Raleigh / ItsOn). Caution: this reflects a two-case sample, and his public profile is largely procurement-side, so the data should not be read as describing him as a courtroom litigator by trade. The two tracked appearances are "counsel" roles only; no lead-trial role is documented.

Firm context. Fish & Richardson (Dallas) throughout his registered practice; third-party USPTO-derived data lists him at the firm and he is identified in firm materials as a principal. No in-house or prior-firm litigation career is reliably sourced; a data-broker listing suggests an earlier summer position at another firm, but that is not a source I would rely on. (Disambiguation note: Fish & Richardson has had other attorneys named Bright, Fryckman, etc., in the Headwater matters; I found only one Jonathan Solomon at the firm — the Dallas principal — but the specific docket appearance is discussed below.)

Notable matters / PTAB / credentials. Headwater Research LLC v. Target Corporation, No. 2:25-cv-00963 (E.D. Tex., filed Sept. 18, 2025, Judge Gilstrap), was consolidated into lead case 2:25-cv-00961 for pretrial purposes. I could not independently confirm from the docket that Solomon personally entered an appearance for Target — the publicly indexed entries list Target's litigation counsel as Hilgers PLLC and Gillam & Smith LLP, so the tracked attribution to Fish & Richardson should be treated as unverified. Target did file an inter partes review against Headwater (IPR2026-00154, filed Nov. 25, 2025), which drew a Director discretionary denial on March 23, 2026; I found no confirmation that Solomon was on that petition team. His firm bio lists "Post-Grant" as a practice area, but I could not verify a recurring IPR/PGR docket presence for him, so PTAB experience should be described as claimed but undocumented. Credentials: J.D. cum laude, SMU Dedman School of Law (2006); B.S. Electrical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin (2003); registered patent attorney, USPTO Reg. No. 64869; named an IAM Patent 1000 "Leading Patent Professional" (2019–2021). Bar admissions by state were not stated in the sources reviewed.