Nan Lan

Specialty / focus areas. Nan Lan is a Dallas-based patent litigator whose technical background is in chemical and biomolecular engineering (B.S., University of Notre Dame, 2014). Her firm profiles describe defense-side work across healthcare, petroleum, battery technology, renewable energy, hospitality, retail, consumer electronics, and consumer goods, spanning pre-suit diligence through pre-trial disclosures, witness depositions, and dispositive motions. Her tracked docket is concentrated in Texas district courts (E.D., W.D., and N.D. Tex.), with cases involving display/3D imaging patents (the VDPP matters), telecom/software assertions (QOMPLX v. Microsoft; Fractal Networks v. Mavenir), and consumer/retail technologies.

Side preference. Lan is squarely defendant-side: her one tracked appearance (VDPP, LLC v. Best Western International, Inc. et al.) was as counsel for the defendant, and every one of her roughly 40 Law360-listed district court appearances (e.g., VDPP v. Costar Technologies, Automated Vending v. SandenVendo, Display Technologies v. Dexcom, International Health Technology v. Enseo) is in defense of operating companies against NPE/PAE assertions. No plaintiff-side appearances were found.

Firm context. Lan is an Associate at DLA Piper (Dallas). She previously practiced at Fish & Richardson P.C. (where she was also a summer associate in 2019 and externed for Judge Amos L. Mazzant III of the E.D. Tex. in 2018) and, immediately before DLA Piper, at an unnamed international intellectual property boutique. She is admitted to the E.D., W.D., and S.D. of Texas and the Federal Circuit.

Notable cases / outcomes. The tracked matter, VDPP, LLC v. Best Western International, Inc. (D. Ariz., No. 2:26-cv-00640), involved VDPP's assertions of U.S. Patent Nos. 7,030,902 and 9,948,922 (visual-display and 3D-spectacle technology); the case was voluntarily dismissed in April 2026. No trial verdicts or Federal Circuit decisions specifically attributable to Lan surfaced in public sources. Her other notable docket entries include defending Microsoft (QOMPLX v. Microsoft) and Mavenir (Fractal Networks v. Mavenir) in W.D. Tex. and N.D. Tex. NPE suits.

PTAB / IPR experience. No evidence of IPR/PGR or PTAB appearances was found in her firm profiles or docket listings; her experience appears confined to district court litigation (and Federal Circuit bar admission, with no reported appeals). This should be treated as unverified rather than affirmative.

Bar / education. J.D. cum laude, SMU Dedman School of Law (2020; Senior Articles Editor, SMU Science and Technology Law Review); B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Notre Dame (2014); Texas bar, with E.D./W.D./S.D. Tex. and Federal Circuit admissions per her DLA Piper profile. USPTO registration is not confirmed by the sources reviewed.