Joseph Paul Oldaker

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Professional Summary — Joseph Paul Oldaker

Focus areas. Mr. Oldaker's tracked docket is concentrated in consumer-electronics and wireless-output technology: the Flexiworld Technologies portfolio (pervasive wireless printing/output, device discovery, short-range wireless such as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, driverless mobile output) and streaming/media-device functionality in the Roku matters. A 2020 notice of appearance in Unification Technologies LLC v. Dell Technologies Inc., No. 6:20-cv-00499 (W.D. Tex.) — a flash-memory/data-storage assertion not reflected in the tracked case list — shows related work in memory and storage technologies. Firm biographies also list chemical/mechanical arts, biotechnology, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, and life sciences as prosecution and diligence areas, though his litigation record is heavily electronics-oriented. He is a registered patent attorney (USPTO Reg. No. 62,041).

Side preference. Plaintiff-side by a wide margin — 14 plaintiff versus 3 defendant appearances. The defendant-side entries arise in the Roku, Inc. v. Flexiworld Technologies, Inc. declaratory-judgment/parallel actions, where Flexiworld was the defending party, so his consistent role is representing the patent holder/asserting plaintiff rather than defending operating companies. His principal client relationship is with Flexiworld Technologies, the inventor-founded wireless-output licensing entity of William Ho Chang, a position more characteristic of NPE/patent-monetization representation than of a defense practice.

Firm context. Tracked appearances are under two related Nelson Bumgardner firm names — Nelson Bumgardner Albritton P.C. (11) and Nelson Bumgardner Conroy P.C. (5), an Orland Park, Illinois patent boutique with a Fort Worth, Texas office. Directory profiles (Avvo) list him as an attorney at Nelson Bumgardner Conroy from 2013 to 2021, preceded by corporate counsel at LMK Technologies (2010–2013) and a patent-analyst role at Cardinal Intellectual Property (2008–2010); since 2021 he is listed as founder/principal of Oldaker Law, P.C. (Winnetka, Illinois), and he holds adjunct teaching appointments at UIC School of Law and Chicago-Kent College of Law. Note that the tracked case list does not extend past the Nelson Bumgardner period, and firm-name succession between the two Nelson Bumgardner labels is not independently confirmed by the sources reviewed.

Notable matters and outcomes. Flexiworld Technologies, Inc. v. Canon, Inc. et al. (W.D. Tex.) was dismissed voluntarily in February 2021 and again dismissed with prejudice in August 2021. The Flexiworld v. Roku litigation in the Waco Division (Nos. 6:20-cv-00819, 6:21-cv-00680, 6:21-cv-00767) and the corresponding Roku v. Flexiworld IPRs ended in an October 21, 2022 patent license agreement; the district court claims were dismissed with prejudice and the Board terminated the IPRs pre-institution on settlement. In Flexiworld Technologies, Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc. et al. (W.D. Wash.), he is recorded as terminated/withdrawing counsel. No verdicts, damages awards, or Federal Circuit opinions naming him as counsel were located; the outcomes on his docket are dismissals and settlements rather than tried results.

PTAB / IPR experience. He has a documented PTAB practice rather than an occasional one. USPTO filings list him as lead counsel for Flexiworld as patent owner, and his firm ran the Flexiworld PTAB defense campaign against Roku, Inc. (IPR2021-00713, -00714, -00715 and PGR2021-00112; IPR2022-01112 through -01269) and against Unified Patents (IPR2022-00775, which was instituted, briefed through a contingent motion to amend, and set for oral argument in August 2023). One caveat: hearing transcripts in IPR2021-00713/-00714 record other Nelson Bumgardner attorneys (Grochocinski and Ginnings) presenting argument, so his role in those specific hearings was not lead advocacy.

Bar / education. Admitted in Illinois (Bar No. 6295319) and to the W.D. Tex. (August 2019); USPTO Reg. No. 62,041. J.D., Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology (2007, with an intellectual property certificate); B.S. in biochemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago (2003) — education details sourced from attorney directory listings rather than a firm-verified profile.