Joshua Budwin

Joshua Budwin is a Principal in the Austin office of McKool Smith, where his practice focuses on high-stakes intellectual property litigation, including patent, copyright, and trademark infringement, as well as trade secret misappropriation and complex commercial disputes. He possesses significant experience across a diverse range of technologies, notably cellular telecommunications, video coding, wireless standards (LTE, WCDMA, GSM/GPRS/EDGE, 802.11 Wi-Fi), digital television technology (including interactive program guides and DVRs), and video streaming technologies (such as video compression, content delivery, and recommendation). His work also extends to pricing software, radio frequency technologies, and medical devices like balloon angioplasty catheters.

Budwin primarily represents plaintiffs in patent infringement actions, having secured well over $1 billion in jury verdicts for his clients. His tracked appearances reflect a strong plaintiff-side emphasis, with five cases on behalf of Nokia Technologies Oy against companies like Amazon.com, Inc., Hisense Co., Ltd., Acer Inc., and Paramount Skydance Corp. He also has experience representing defendants, as seen in Amazon Com Inc. et al. v. Nokia Technologies Oy, and has served as lead counsel for both sides in various forums, including the International Trade Commission (ITC) and U.S. district courts.

He has played key roles in numerous high-profile cases, including securing multiple ITC victories for TiVo subsidiary Rovi (now Adeia) against Comcast, which resulted in exclusion orders and a precedential Federal Circuit opinion. Budwin also contributed to a substantial jury verdict for Versata Software against SAP AG concerning pricing software, which was affirmed by the Federal Circuit, and achieved a $173 million jury verdict for ParkerVision against Qualcomm, later successfully arguing an appeal that led to a 3-0 precedential Federal Circuit opinion. His work includes representing Ericsson in disputes against Samsung related to wireless communication technology and acting as counsel for Medtronic Vascular in a patent infringement lawsuit concerning catheter designs.

While his public profiles do not detail frequent direct appearances in inter partes review (IPR) or post-grant review (PGR) proceedings, Budwin has contributed to discussions regarding PTAB standards and reforms, indicating engagement with these areas of patent law. He earned his J.D. from Temple University Beasley School of Law in 2005 and holds a B.S., cum laude, from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, awarded in 2002. He is admitted to practice in Texas and before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, among other federal district courts in Texas.