Morgan Mendicino

I'll research this attorney's professional background before drafting.

Let me dig into the specific tracked cases and any PTAB appearances.

A couple more checks on outcomes in her other matters.

Morgan Mendicino — Patent Litigation Practice Summary

Focus areas. Ms. Mendicino is a Dallas-based patent litigator at Sidley Austin whose docket spans gaming/casino software, semiconductors, oil-and-gas tools, and medical devices. Her Sidley bio lists work on silicon carbide semiconductor technology (STMicroelectronics, W.D. Tex.), infusion pump and bunion-deformity medical device matters, cloud computing, and a gaming-industry patent and trade secrets case in the District of Nevada; she also assisted on an inventorship/conspiracy defense for Illumina and on an IP/trade secret defense for Ernst & Young. Her undergraduate degree is in biomedical engineering (UT Austin), which aligns with the life sciences and medical device work.

Side preference — both sides, no NPE/PAE work evident. The tracked data show one plaintiff-side appearance (as lead counsel) and one defendant-side appearance (as counsel), both at Sidley. Public filings are consistent: she is on the plaintiff-side team for Evolution Malta in the Nevada district court litigation (Evolution Malta Ltd. v. Light & Wonder, Inc., No. 2:24-cv-00993, D. Nev.) and on the patent-owner side of the related PTAB proceedings, while her other matters (STMicroelectronics, Illumina, EY, GR Energy/Wellmatics, Stryker) are predominantly defenses of operating companies. Nothing in the record indicates representation of non-practicing entities.

Firm context. Sidley Austin is her only firm of record; her bio states she joined Sidley after law school, with no prior firm history. She is an associate-level "counsel"-style contributor on most teams, generally listed behind senior Sidley IP partners (e.g., Ching-Lee Fukuda, Thomas A. Broughan III, Aimee Fagan, Phillip Aurentz, Josh Fougere).

Notable matters. (1) Evolution Malta / Light & Wonder — she is listed counsel in the Nevada action, where the court dismissed the asserted roulette-gaming patent claims under §101 and ultimately dismissed with prejudice, and she appears on the service list for the parallel IPRs (IPR2025-01072/-01073/-01078). Those three instituted IPRs were vacated and denied institution by USPTO Director Squires on June 22, 2026, in a decision designated precedential — an adverse result for her client, so caution in characterizing it as a win. (2) Canatex Completions Solutions v. GR Energy/Wellmatics (S.D. Tex.) — team obtained a December 2023 claim construction ruling holding all claims of the asserted wireline-tool patent indefinite and therefore invalid, after earlier defeating a preliminary injunction request. (3) Zirvi v. Illumina (D.N.J.) — April 2024 dismissal with prejudice of inventorship and conspiracy claims, with sanctions briefing pending. (4) Stryker European Operations Holdings/Howmedica Osteonics v. Treace Medical Concepts (D. Del.) — she has appeared pro hac vice on the Stryker side. Her role in these matters is described on the firm site as "assisted with," i.e., supporting rather than first-chair.

PTAB/IPR experience. She appears in AIA proceedings, but as part of larger Sidley teams rather than as lead or backup counsel of record. In the Evolution Malta IPRs, lead counsel is Thomas A. Broughan III and backup counsel are Ching-Lee Fukuda and Sharon Lee; Ms. Mendicino appears on the petition service/authorization correspondence.

Bar and education. J.D., cum laude, SMU Dedman School of Law (2021); B.S., biomedical engineering, University of Texas at Austin (2018). Admitted in Texas (Bar No. 24125664), the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the Federal Circuit, and the E.D., W.D., N.D., and S.D. of Texas. Named to Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch (2026–2027) for IP litigation, patent litigation, and patent law.

Caveat on the tracked list. The structured caseload labels one entry "Unified Patents v. Evolution Malta Ltd" (defendant side). I could not verify a Unified Patents proceeding involving Ms. Mendicino; the verifiable Evolution Malta patent dispute is the Light & Wonder litigation and its IPRs. That label should be confirmed against the underlying docket before being relied on.