Philip J. Graves

Philip J. Graves maintains a patent litigation practice primarily focused on representing patent owners in disputes concerning mobile and wireless communication technologies. His experience spans cases involving wireless multichannel data transfer architectures, controller and server systems for networking, and systems interfacing Internet Protocol (IP)-based wireless devices with subtasks and channels. Graves consistently represents plaintiffs, notably patent assertion entities (PAEs), with all tracked appearances on the plaintiff side.

Graves is a partner at Graves & Shaw LLP in Los Angeles, California, where his practice emphasizes intellectual property and technology litigation. His notable work includes extensive representation of Smart Mobile Technologies LLC in litigation against major technology companies such as Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. These cases, often complex, frequently involve appeals to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

His practice includes significant involvement in inter partes review (IPR) proceedings and subsequent appeals. For example, he represented Smart Mobile Technologies LLC in a Federal Circuit appeal where the court vacated and remanded a decision concerning U.S. Patent No. 9,191,083 related to wireless multichannel data transfer. He also acted as counsel in another Federal Circuit appeal where the court affirmed the unpatentability of U.S. Patent No. 8,982,863, concerning a controller and server networking system. In another instance, he successfully represented Smart Mobile Technologies in a Federal Circuit appeal that upheld the patentability of several claims of U.S. Patent No. 9,614,943, pertaining to IP-based wireless devices, against an obviousness challenge. Graves also appeared in an IPR-related Federal Circuit appeal concerning U.S. Patent No. 8,472,936, which resulted in a partial reversal, vacation, and remand of the PTAB's decision.

Graves earned his law degree from Columbia Law School in 1990 and is admitted to the State Bar of California.