Mircea A. Tipescu

Mircea A. Tipescu is a patent litigation attorney with a practice focused on defending companies in intellectual property disputes across a diverse range of technologies. His experience spans mechanical and electro-mechanical devices, automotive systems, medical devices, clinical diagnostic equipment, power tools, commercial cooking equipment, computer software, telecommunications, and e-commerce. His work has notably involved high-speed connectivity solutions, including integrated circuits, active electrical cables, and Serializer/Deserializer (SerDes) chiplets, often related to AI-driven applications, cloud computing, and hyperscale networks, as seen in his representation of Credo Technology Group Ltd..

Operating primarily on the defendant side, Mr. Tipescu has appeared in federal court and before the International Trade Commission, advocating for domestic and multinational clients. His litigation track record includes securing favorable outcomes such as a full defense verdict in a patent infringement case for Feit Electric after a nearly two-week jury trial and obtaining full dismissal through summary judgment for Abbott Laboratories in a coronary catheter patent dispute. He also successfully defended ComEd against breach of contract claims after a week-long trial.

Mr. Tipescu is Counsel at Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP. Among his tracked cases are Marvell Semiconductor, Inc. v. Credo Technology Group Ltd. and Volex PLC v. Credo Technology Group Ltd, where he represented Credo Technology Group Ltd.. The case involving Volex PLC concluded with a confidential license and settlement agreement in August 2025, resolving the patent dispute over active electrical cable technology. He also has experience with post-grant review (PGR) proceedings, having served as back-up counsel for Credo Technology Group Ltd. in an Inter Partes Review (IPR) petitioned by Marvell Semiconductor, Inc.. Additionally, he was mentioned in Law360 for a Federal Circuit win in an insecticide patent dispute representing Sharda USA.

Admitted to practice in Illinois, Mr. Tipescu is also admitted to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and is registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. He holds a J.D. from George Washington University Law School (2001), an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering/Control Systems and Automation from Northwestern University (1994), and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Princeton University (1992).