Michael F. Trombetta

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Michael F. Trombetta — patent litigation summary

Focus and side of the docket. Trombetta's practice is patent litigation for technology companies, concentrated in electrical-engineering subject matter: standards-based wireless technologies, artificial intelligence, semiconductors, networking systems, and consumer electronics. He also handles ITC and Patent Office work, and his docket is not confined to patents — he has appeared in copyright matters as well (e.g., the UMG Recordings v. Bright House Networks matter in the M.D. Fla.). The authoritative tracked record here contains a single appearance, and it is a defense-side one (0 plaintiff / 1 defendant), consistent with the client base and case mix reported for him: he defends operating companies, principally Google, against NPE/PAE-style infringement claims rather than prosecuting for patent holders. Public dockets show him for Google in L2 Mobile Technologies LLC v. Google (N.D. Cal./W.D. Tex.) and the Valtrus Innovations matters (N.D. Tex. 2022; N.D. Cal. 2025), in addition to the tracked case.

Firm context and notable matters. He is based in Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan's San Francisco office, where his firm biography lists him as an associate (third-party directory listings variously describe him as an associate or partner; the firm bio is the more reliable descriptor). Before Quinn Emanuel he was an IP litigation associate at Perkins Coie (2018–2020), and he clerked for the Hon. Robert W. Schroeder III of the E.D. Tex. (2017–2018). The tracked case is Security First Innovations, LLC v. Google LLC (E.D. Va., No. 2:23-cv-00097), an NPE suit accusing Google Drive and Google Cloud encryption-at-rest functionality; Trombetta filed a declaration supporting Google on its motion to compel the plaintiff's litigation-funding documents, and the case was stayed in January 2024 pending IPR and remained stayed as of the most recent docket entries. His firm bio also credits him as a trial-team member on two defense wins: the 2020 complete no-infringement jury verdict for Google in Marshall, Texas in the PMC v. Google case (four patents, roughly $183–185 million in claimed exposure), and a 2023 judgment as a matter of law of non-infringement on all asserted patents after a District of Delaware jury trial. I could verify the PMC verdict from Quinn Emanuel's own published account of the trial team outcome, but I could not independently confirm the case name behind the 2023 Delaware JMOL, so that result should be treated as firm-reported only.

PTAB/IPR and credentials. His firm bio states he has represented clients in USPTO and PTAB proceedings, and Google filed a parallel IPR campaign against the Security First patents (IPR2024-00212 through -00215; at least one petition, IPR2024-00213, was denied institution in June 2024). Those particular IPRs were handled on the papers by other counsel, so I cannot confirm Trombetta's personal appearance before the Board; his IPR experience is firm-reported rather than docket-verified. He is admitted to the State Bar of California (2018) and registered with the USPTO, and holds a J.D. cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School (2017) and a B.S.E. in electrical engineering magna cum laude from the University of Connecticut (2014).