Mord Michael Lewis

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M. Michael Lewis — Patent Litigation Practice Summary

Focus areas. Mr. Lewis is a registered patent attorney whose practice covers both patent prosecution and enforcement. His firm bio describes work across semiconductors and related processes, digital electronics, telecommunications and control software, biomedical devices, business methods, and the mechanical arts, along with trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, and IP counseling (licensing, portfolio strategy, clearance and non-infringement opinions). His tracked litigation docket is narrower than that: all four appearances arise from the WAG Acquisition streaming-media campaign, covering internet audio/video streaming, buffering, and content-delivery technology (e.g., U.S. Patent Nos. 8,327,011; 9,742,824; 9,729,594).

Side preference. The tracked record is entirely one-sided: 4 plaintiff-side appearances and 0 defendant-side, all for WAG Acquisition, LLC, a patent owner asserting streaming-media patents against large streaming platforms and webcam/dating operators. He should be characterized as plaintiff/patent-owner-side counsel in litigation, though his prosecution and counseling practice serves a broader client base (he also appears as patent-owner back-up counsel in PTAB matters for other clients, discussed below).

Firm context. He is a partner at Liston Abramson LLP, New York, N.Y. New York attorney registration records show his employer previously as Lewis Baach PLLC (through at least 2020) before the current Liston Abramson registration; the WAG patent-owner work was handled out of the Lewis Baach New York office before the group's move. He is not in-house. Note: a third-party database (PlainSite) associates his USPTO registration number with an affiliation at Gateway, Inc. and Fox Rothschild LLP; I could not verify that from a primary or firm source, so treat it as unconfirmed.

Notable cases and outcomes. His tracked matters are the WAG Acquisition suits against Amazon (W.D. Tex., later W.D. Wash.), Google (N.D. Cal.), and related defendants, plus earlier WAG cases against Duodecad/Docler (D.N.J.) and Data Conversions (D. Nev.), where he appears as pro hac vice counsel. The outcomes in this campaign have been adverse to his client: the PTAB invalidated the asserted claims across multiple WAG patents, and the Federal Circuit affirmed by Rule 36 summary judgment on March 9, 2026 (consolidated Nos. 24-1627 et al., covering IPR2022-01227/01228/01412/01413/01430/01433 and IPR2022-01411/IPR2023-00813), and separately affirmed a reexamination rejection of claims 1 and 4 of the '011 patent (opinion authored by Judge Stark, reported Aug. 2026). The Federal Circuit argument was presented by Ronald Abramson of Liston Abramson, with Ari Jaffess on the brief.

PTAB / IPR experience. He has recurring PTAB involvement on the patent-owner side as back-up counsel rather than lead counsel. PTAB filings list him as back-up (with Ronald Abramson and Gina Kim) in WAG-related proceedings, including the earlier IPR concerning the '141 patent (IPR2016-01238), and, for a different client, he is listed as patent-owner back-up counsel in Apple Inc. v. Varia Holdings LLC (IPR2024-01362, power of attorney dated 2025). He does not appear to be a frequent lead IPR advocate.

Bar and education (sourced). Admitted in New York (2007) and New Jersey; registered with the USPTO (Reg. No. 50,478); J.D., Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (2006); B.A., University of California, Berkeley (1991).