Michael McBride

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Michael McBride — Patent Litigation Practice Summary

Specialty / technology focus. McBride's practice centers on patent litigation and prosecution in electronics and communications. Firm and press materials describe an electrical-engineering background and casework involving semiconductors, flash memory controllers, fiber optic networks, and video, with prosecution experience in hardware, software, aerospace, and energy (AZA 2019 partner announcement; UT Law class notes). IAM's Patent 1000 profile describes him as regularly involved in "complex, multi-party disputes across telecommunications and media technologies," citing contributions to the Daingean (5G telecommunications) and Stingray (media) matters. The tracked docket list is consistent: standard/telecom-facing patents (Network-1's eSIM/5G portfolio; Daingean's 5G base-station claims) alongside MEMS/mechanical-device patents (MEMS Innovations' piezoelectric microspeaker and ultrasonic sensor patents against TDK). No pharmaceutical or life-sciences work appears in the tracked matters.

Side preference. All five tracked appearances are plaintiff-side, and the clients in the identified cases are patent-owner/NPE-format entities — Network-1 Technologies, MEMS Innovations, and (per IAM) Daingean Technologies and Stingray. He should be characterized as working principally for patent owners/asserting parties in the tracked data, though the firm itself represents both plaintiffs and defendants in patent and trade-secret disputes. Note that the tracked roles are inconsistent or unfilled ("of counsel," "Counsel," and "Partner" across different matters; three cases are untitled), so the role designations should be treated as docket labels rather than a reliable statement of position.

Firm context. McBride is a partner at Alavi Anaipakos (also styled Alavi & Anaipakos, PLLC), the Houston IP and business litigation boutique launched in May 2022 by Amir Alavi and Demetrios Anaipakos. He was previously at Ahmad, Zavitsanos, Anaipakos, Alavi & Mensing P.C. (AZA), where he was promoted to partner effective January 28, 2019, working alongside Scott Clark on IP and patent litigation — the same firm lineage that produced Alavi Anaipakos.

Notable matters. The most prominent verified result tied to the firm is Daingean Technologies Ltd. v. T-Mobile USA, Inc., No. 2:23-cv-347 (E.D. Tex.), tried before Judge Gilstrap with a July 11, 2025 verdict: the jury found no infringement via Nokia base stations and awarded $2 million for Ericsson base-station use against a $245 million demand — reported by McKool Smith and Law.com as a defense win, while IAM framed it as a $2 million verdict and patent validation for Daingean. That divergence in characterization is worth noting. In Network-1 Technologies, Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., No. 2:25-cv-667 (E.D. Tex.), filed June 27, 2025 on six eSIM/5G authentication patents, Samsung's motion practice against willfulness claims was met with an amended complaint, and press reporting indicates the PTAB denied institution on four Samsung IPR petitions in May 2026; claim construction was set for 2026. MEMS Innovations, LLC v. TDK Corp., No. 2:22-cv-434 (E.D. Tex.) and a follow-on 2025 filing (subsequently transferred out of E.D. Tex.) involved MEMS device patents and a successful venue/personal-jurisdiction transfer motion by TDK.

PTAB / IPR. He appears in at least one verified PTAB filing — a power of attorney in IPR2024-00644 (U.S. Patent No. 11,134,400) listing him with Alavi & Anaipakos, pro hac vice to be filed. This is a single confirmed instance; the available record does not establish that he appears regularly in IPR/PGR proceedings, and I would characterize his PTAB experience as limited-but-present rather than a core practice area without further verification.

Bar / education. UT Law class notes state he earned an electrical engineering degree at the University of Texas and worked for Fujitsu-AMD Semiconductor in Austin before law school; the class-notes listing places him with the 2008 graduating class. Specific bar admissions and license dates were not independently verified in the sources reviewed and are omitted. Recognition includes IAM Patent 1000 (2025) and repeated Best Lawyers listings for patent litigation beginning in 2021.