Michael E. Crawford

Michael E. Crawford is a patent litigation attorney with a practice focused on intellectual property disputes. His experience includes handling patent, trademark, and copyright law matters.

His litigation experience, as demonstrated by tracked cases, indicates a preference for defending operating companies, having represented defendants in patent infringement suits. For example, he acted as of counsel for Home Depot U.S.A., Inc. in EXPRESS MOBILE, INC. v. Home Depot U.S.A., Inc. This case involved allegations of infringement related to mobile website and application technology. The suit, part of a broader campaign by a patent assertion entity, was ultimately dismissed with prejudice.

Mr. Crawford has been associated with Alston & Bird in an of counsel capacity for patent litigation. Earlier in his career, he was a Staff Attorney at Nixon & Vanderhye P.C. No specific, reliably sourced information regarding his regular appearance in PTAB or IPR proceedings is available.

He holds a B.S. from the University of Virginia (1977) and earned his J.D. from George Mason University (1993). Mr. Crawford is admitted to practice in Virginia and before the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (1996).