Kenneth G. Parker

Kenneth G. Parker is a seasoned trial lawyer specializing in patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, and business litigation, with a focus on intellectual property disputes across various technology sectors. His practice encompasses life sciences, including research tools, analytical instrumentation, medical devices, diagnostics, and biomanufacturing systems, as well as software (encryption, predictive algorithms, AI), electronics, semiconductors, and consumer products. While tracked in one defendant-side patent case, his broader practice includes securing multi-million dollar plaintiffs' verdicts and defense victories, indicating extensive experience representing both operating companies and patent owners in complex disputes.

Currently a partner at Haynes and Boone, Mr. Parker is a key member of the firm's Litigation Department and Intellectual Property Practice Group, and he leads its International Trade Commission Section 337 Litigation Group. He rejoined Haynes and Boone in March 2022, having previously been a partner at the firm for over a decade and, most recently, a litigation partner at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP. His notable engagements include achieving a $17.5 million jury verdict in a patent infringement trial for Panasonic Holdings Corporation and securing a patent infringement victory for PTS Diagnostics in the International Trade Commission. He has significant experience in ITC Section 337 proceedings, handling evidentiary hearings and obtaining or defending against exclusion orders.

Mr. Parker's practice also involves matters before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He is admitted to practice in California and Washington, as well as in numerous federal district courts and the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Federal, Second, and Ninth Circuits. He earned his Bachelor of Business Administration in Management, cum laude, from Texas A&M University in 1991 and his Juris Doctor with high honors from the University of Texas School of Law in 1994, where he was an Articles Editor for the Texas Law Review. Following law school, he served as a judicial clerk for Chief Judge Gerald Bard Tjoflat of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.