Kyle Canavera

Kyle R. Canavera — Patent Litigation Practice Summary

Specialty / focus areas. Canavera is a patent litigator and registered patent attorney whose practice bridges litigation, prosecution, and portfolio strategy. His firm biography emphasizes technical strength in AI/machine learning, cellular and networking technologies (including IEEE 802 and 3GPP standards), video coding (H.264/H.265), and software-based innovation — a background rooted in his years as a software engineer before law school. He has drafted 100+ patent applications and performed IP diligence for acquisitions, and he also handles trade secret litigation and ITC matters.

Side preference. Based on the tracked appearance data, his work skews to defending operating companies: his one tracked matter is Flexiworld Technologies, Inc. v. Roku, Inc., where he served as IPR counsel for defendant Roku against an NPE asserting wireless/digital-content patents. His firm bio states he represents both plaintiffs and defendants, and his public matter list includes defense work for TCL and UDE as well as petitioner-side PTAB work for operating companies (e.g., Netskope, Google, Microsoft). The evidence nevertheless shows a practice centered on large technology companies facing NPE assertions and on PTAB challenges brought on their behalf.

Firm context. Canavera is a partner in Perkins Coie's Patent Litigation practice in San Diego (elevated to partner effective January 1, 2024); his bio is now hosted on the combined Ashurst Perkins Coie platform following the firms' combination. He joined Perkins Coie after an associate/law-clerk stint at Foley & Lardner in Washington, D.C. (2012–2015), and he clerked for Judge Todd M. Hughes of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He also spent time as a USPTO XML data architect before entering practice.

Notable cases & PTAB/IPR experience. His most prominent tracked matter is the Flexiworld v. Roku campaign, where he presented oral argument as lead petitioner's counsel in IPR2021-00715 challenging Flexiworld's '114 patent (U.S. Patent No. 10,346,114) in a W.D. Tex. case before Judge Albright. His firm bio highlights three results: complete summary-judgment victory for defendant UDE in Pulse Electronics v. u.d. Electronic Corp., affirmed on appeal; favorable settlement for defendant TCL in Ancora Technologies v. TCT Mobile after IPR institution (IPR2020-01609); and full invalidation of all challenged claims for petitioner Netskope in Netskope v. Bitglass (IPR2021-01045, PGR2021-00091). He appears regularly before the PTAB in IPR/PGR proceedings, including as back-up or lead counsel in matters for Google, Microsoft, and Fortinet.

Bar / education. He is admitted in California and the District of Columbia, before the USPTO (Reg. No. 72,167) and the Federal Circuit. Education: J.D., George Washington University Law School (cum laude, 2013); M.S. Electrical & Computer Engineering, Johns Hopkins (2014); M.S. Computer Science, George Mason (2012); B.S. Computer Science, Xavier University (2006).