Richard A. Kamprath

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Richard A. Kamprath — Patent Litigation Practice Summary

Focus areas. Kamprath's practice centers on high-technology patent litigation and portfolio licensing campaigns, with particular depth in standards-related technologies: cellular/LTE, Wi-Fi, video coding (H.264), RF and analog/mixed-signal hardware, software, encryption and authentication, and device fabrication. Firm and conference biographies describe him as handling both standard essential patents (SEPs) and implementation patents, and directing parallel U.S. and foreign enforcement (UPC, Germany, UK, Brazil). His technical background as a former electrical engineer (oilfield tool circuit design) and a Texas A&M graduate degree in analog/mixed-signal circuit design is consistently cited as the basis for his work in wireless and semiconductor matters.

Side preference. He is predominantly a patent-owner/plaintiff-side lawyer. The tracked appearance data reflects this (1 plaintiff-side, 0 defendant-side), and the pattern holds across his broader career: he has represented patent owners and licensors including ParkerVision, Rovi/TiVo, InterDigital, Summit 6, Odyssey Wireless, Rockstar Consortium, RightQuestion, and Ericsson in assertion and licensing disputes. He has also taken defense-side and declaratory-judgment work (e.g., representing InterDigital in ublox's DJ action), and his new firm describes itself as litigating "on both sides of the docket," but his reputation is built on plaintiff/NPE-and-licensor-side enforcement, including contingency engagements.

Firm context. The structured case data lists him at McKool Smith (Dallas principal), where he spent the bulk of his career. Public reporting indicates he departed in 2026 to co-found Budwin Kamprath Burgess & Campbell, a patent/IP boutique launched September 9, 2026 with offices in Austin, Dallas, and Marshall, Texas (per The Texas Lawbook and a PR Newswire release). Note the tension with the tracked data: his only tracked appearance, Sampo IP, LLC v. Avon Products Inc., is recorded as McKool Smith plaintiff-side lead counsel, so firm attribution for any given matter should be checked against filing dates.

Notable matters. His best-known results, per firm biographies and court records, include the ParkerVision v. Qualcomm jury verdict (approximately $172–173 million, M.D. Fla. 2013, where he was a member of the trial team; the infringement verdict was subsequently overturned on JMOL and the Federal Circuit affirmed non-infringement in 2015, so the outcome did not stand). He also participated in Rovi/TiVo v. Comcast, which produced ITC exclusion orders against Comcast's X1 platform (Inv. Nos. 337-TA-1103 and 337-TA-1158, where he is listed as counsel of record), and in RightQuestion v. Samsung (a reported $15 million verdict, per his firm bio). He is currently part of the InterDigital v. Disney+/Hulu/ESPN+ litigation in the C.D. Cal. over OTT streaming and video compression, where the team has obtained injunctions in the UPC and in German and Brazilian courts; that case was partially stayed in June 2026.

PTAB / IPR experience. He does appear in PTAB proceedings as patent-owner-side lead counsel — for example, as lead counsel for Patent Owner Carbyne Biometrics in the Apple v. Carbyne Biometrics IPRs (IPR2024-00329, -00332, -00334, involving U.S. Patent Nos. 9,972,010 and related patents), including filing a request for Director review of the final written decision in IPR2024-00334 in June 2025. His PTAB work appears tied to his district court and licensing matters rather than as a high-volume standalone IPR practice.

Bar / education. Admitted in Texas (2011); registered patent attorney (USPTO Reg. No. 65,320); J.D., SMU Dedman School of Law (2011); graduate degree, Texas A&M University (analog/mixed-signal circuit design); formerly law clerk to Judge Jorge Solis, N.D. Tex. Additional background details (verdict amounts, firm affiliations) are drawn from firm/conference biographies and press releases; I could not independently verify every figure, and the Sampo IP matter has no readily searchable public record.