Michael A. Vincent

Michael A. Vincent is a patent litigation attorney at Fish & Richardson, specializing in intellectual property and commercial disputes. His practice encompasses a wide range of technologies, including wireless communications, consumer electronics, aerospace manufacturing, network architecture, software, semiconductors, 3D printing, and medical devices. His technical background includes a prior career as a flight controls and hydraulics engineer at Bell Helicopter.

In his litigation work, Mr. Vincent demonstrates experience representing both plaintiffs and defendants, though his tracked cases show a slight emphasis on defendant-side representation, with two out of three tracked appearances on behalf of defendants. His firm profile highlights a significant defendant-side practice, noting appearances in over 100 U.S. district court cases and successful outcomes such as invalidating patents on Rule 12 dismissals and achieving summary judgments of non-infringement.

Notable cases include his role as counsel for the defendant in Stratasys, Inc. v. Shenzhen Tuozhu Technology Co. Ltd. et al., a patent infringement lawsuit concerning 3D printing technology. He has also achieved favorable results such as invalidating a financial management system patent and recovering attorney's fees for Payoneer Inc. in Finnavations LLC v. Payoneer Inc., and securing summary judgment of non-infringement for FMC Technologies, Inc. in patent disputes over deepwater production and subsea well completion technology. Furthermore, Mr. Vincent successfully defended a national retailer in a six-patent mobile application lawsuit, invalidating all 55 asserted claims on summary judgment, a decision affirmed on appeal.

Mr. Vincent also maintains an active practice before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), representing clients in inter partes reviews (IPRs), and handles appeals before the Federal Circuit. His PTAB experience is further evidenced by Fish & Richardson's representation in IPR2025-00354, related to the Stratasys litigation. He earned his Juris Doctor (J.D.) from New York University School of Law in May 2017 and was admitted to the Texas Bar on November 3, 2017.