M. Craig Tyler

I'll research this attorney's professional background before drafting the summary.

Let me verify notable outcomes and PTAB experience.

Let me check the Flexiworld, Netlist, and other tracked cases for outcomes.

M. Craig Tyler — Perkins Coie (Austin)

Focus areas. Tyler is a first-chair IP trial lawyer based in Perkins Coie's Austin office, where the firm's own biography describes a practice concentrated in complex technology disputes: semiconductor and display manufacturing (LCD, OLED, LED), touch-screen and RFID technology, computer hardware and software, telecommunications (including the IEEE 802.11/Wi-Fi family of standards, which surfaced in the Flexiworld matters), oil and gas drilling/production technology, medical devices, gaming, e-learning, and VoIP. His broader docket also includes copyright, trademark, trade dress, and trade secret work, plus technology-related commercial claims (breach of contract, fiduciary duty, tortious interference). He holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering (UT Austin, 1992), which is consistent with the hardware- and manufacturing-heavy technology mix.

Side preference. His tracked appearances are uniformly defense-side: 0 plaintiff vs. 10 defendant. In practice that means defending operating companies — display makers, semiconductor manufacturers, consumer electronics and e-commerce companies (Amazon, Roku, Micron) — against NPE/PAE and competitor assertions, rather than prosecuting claims for patent owners. Chambers and his firm profile describe him as litigating "for plaintiffs and defendants," but his tracked portfolio and public case history skew heavily to defense.

Firm context. Tyler joined Perkins Coie as a partner in February 2020 to help open the firm's Austin office, arriving from Vinson & Elkins (which he joined in 2016). Before that he spent roughly 13 years at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati's Austin office. Some current Chambers/professional listings refer to the firm as "Ashurst Perkins Coie," reflecting a firm combination; his own profile continues to identify him as a Perkins Coie partner.

Notable cases and outcomes. The most prominent verifiable result is Phenix Longhorn, LLC v. AUO Corp. and Hisense, where Tyler served as lead trial counsel and obtained a January 2026 jury defense verdict in the E.D. Tex., Marshall Division — non-infringement on both asserted display patents plus invalidity of the primary patent. Public reporting and AUO's own announcement describe it as the first defense verdict for a Taiwan-based defendant against a U.S. patent holder in that division (and a first for a Chinese-based defendant). He was also lead counsel for Roku in Roku, Inc. v. Flexiworld Technologies, Inc. and for Amazon in the related Flexiworld Technologies, Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc. matters (Western District of Washington, involving wireless printing/output technology); the parallel Roku PTAB proceeding settled via a patent license agreement filed in October 2022. In Netlist Inc. v. Micron Technology, Inc. he was senior counsel, and Perkins Coie's team for Micron also secured a $8M bond against patent owner Longhorn under Idaho's Bad Faith Assertions of Patent Infringement Act (reported by Law360, May 2023). Other tracked matters include Light Guide Innovations, LLC v. Hisense (lead counsel) and TankLogix, LLC v. SitePro, Inc. (trial counsel).

PTAB/IPR experience. He has appeared on the petitioner side in PTAB proceedings — including IPR2021-00713/714 and PGR2021-00112 arising from Roku's dispute with Flexiworld — and his firm biography notes experience before the PTAB, the ITC, and the Federal Circuit. The record is not large enough to characterize him as a high-volume IPR practitioner; his PTAB work appears to have run in parallel with his district court defense practice.

Bar and education. Admitted in Texas (1995) and registered with the USPTO; also admitted before the U.S. Supreme Court, the Federal Circuit, and the Fifth Circuit. J.D., University of Texas School of Law, 1995; B.S., Mechanical Engineering, UT Austin, 1992.