Martin F. Cunniff

Martin F. Cunniff is a highly experienced litigator with over thirty years of practice, primarily focusing on high-stakes antitrust and complex commercial litigation. His professional profile emphasizes his expertise in handling intricate legal and economic analyses, particularly related to damages, and he is a co-editor of the treatise "Calculating and Proving Damages". While his current firm's resources touch upon patent infringement damages as a general area of damages analysis, patent litigation does not appear to be a primary specialization for him based on available public information.

Throughout his career, Mr. Cunniff has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in hundreds of cases, indicating a balanced practice across litigation sides. His prominent roles include serving as chair of commercial litigation for a large national firm and chair of antitrust for another national law firm. He is noted for leading significant cases, such as the BCS Antitrust case, which influenced the college football playoff system. No specific experience in PTAB or IPR proceedings is consistently reported in his professional biographies.

Mr. Cunniff is currently a Partner at Fields, Han & Cunniff LLC. His extensive firm history includes prominent roles at Howrey LLP (1989-2011), Arent Fox (2011-2016), Innovista Law (2016-2018), and RuyakCherian (2018-2020). While one tracked appearance lists him as local counsel for Reed Smith in Cyberfone Systems, LLC v. The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., this firm is not consistently mentioned in his detailed professional history, suggesting a limited or non-primary role in patent litigation.

He earned his J.D. with high honors from the University of Florida Law School and is a member of the bars of the District of Columbia and Maryland.