Kevin Paul Anderson

Kevin Paul Anderson is a partner in the Intellectual Property Practice Group at Duane Morris LLP, based in Washington, D.C.. His patent litigation practice is primarily focused on the wireless communications and computer industries, where he has represented Fortune 100 companies, innovators, and entrepreneurs. His expertise encompasses diverse technology areas, including wireless standards (such as 802.11/Wi-Fi), location determination technologies, femtocells, multimedia messaging platforms, VoIP, and DSL standards. Additionally, he has experience with computer chip technologies, including processor architectures, cache designs, graphics technology, and software standards, and has also litigated ANDA cases for generic pharmaceutical companies.

Anderson works on both the plaintiff and defendant sides of patent litigation, with one tracked appearance on each side. Notable cases include his defense of Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless in Headwater Research LLC v. Verizon Communications Inc. et al. concerning eSIM provisioning systems, which was dismissed without prejudice. He also represented Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless as plaintiff in Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless v. Fractus, S.A., though specific outcomes for this case were not detailed in available public records. He was also part of the Duane Morris team defending Verizon against Aspen Networks in a patent infringement suit regarding Wi-Fi/cell switching, which resulted in a $190 million jury verdict against Verizon. Prior to joining Duane Morris in 2019, he was a partner and chair of the patent litigation practice at Wiley Rein LLP, where he notably secured a $612.5 million settlement for NTP Inc. in a patent infringement lawsuit against Research In Motion, the maker of BlackBerry.

Anderson has significant experience in Inter Partes Review (IPR) proceedings at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTAB). He has served as lead counsel in numerous IPR petitions covering technologies such as multimedia messaging, ringtones, graphic processors, processor memory access architectures, and femtocells.

Mr. Anderson earned his J.D., with highest honors, from Duke University School of Law in 2000, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif. He also holds a B.S., magna cum laude, in Computer Science from Arizona State University, received in 1987. Before becoming an attorney, he designed software and computer systems for over a decade in Silicon Valley and Research Triangle Park. He clerked for the Hon. William C. Bryson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He is admitted to practice in North Carolina and Washington, D.C.