Qi (Peter) Tong

Qi (Peter) Tong is a partner at Russ August & Kabat, where he heads the firm's Dallas office, established in March 2023. His practice is heavily focused on intellectual property litigation, with a particular emphasis on patent matters in the Western District of Texas, where he previously served as a law clerk to the Honorable Judge Alan D. Albright. Mr. Tong's technical background and case experience span a broad range of electrical engineering technologies, including computer architecture, processors, memory design, software, online advertising, mobile devices, wireless communications, cloud computing, containerization, and power generation and distribution systems. Prior to joining Russ August & Kabat, he was an Associate Patent Attorney at Winston & Strawn LLP and an Associate at Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP.

Mr. Tong primarily represents plaintiffs in patent infringement actions, with 18 of his 24 tracked appearances on the plaintiff side. His firm actively cultivates a patent plaintiff contingency practice, often representing non-practicing entities (NPEs) or patent assertion entities (PAEs). He has served as Lead Counsel or counsel in numerous cases for frequent patent asserters such as Headwater Research LLC, Redstone Logics LLC, VirtaMove Corp., and Cobblestone Wireless LLC. Many of these disputes have concluded in confidential settlements or dismissals with prejudice. For instance, Headwater Research LLC cases against Apple Inc. involving mobile device and push notification technologies frequently settled rapidly, often within 57 to 65 days. Redstone Logics LLC secured settlements against MediaTek, Inc. and Samsung in disputes concerning processor architecture. While his firm biography notes he helped a client secure a jury verdict for hundreds of millions of dollars, aligning with results seen for firm clients such as Headwater Research LLC, which secured a $278.8 million verdict against Samsung in a mobile device patent trial, the specific outcome for General Motors LLC v. Cerence Operating Company, where Mr. Tong was Lead Counsel for the defendant, is not publicly detailed in search results.

Mr. Tong also possesses experience in inter partes review (IPR) proceedings before the USPTO, having successfully won IPRs. He was listed as back-up counsel for patent owners in an IPR proceeding initiated by Nokia. He is admitted to practice in Texas (2020) and California, and before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. He earned his J.D. from the University of Texas at Austin in 2014 and his B.S.E.E., summa cum laude, from the University of Texas at Dallas in 2010.