Robert Kiddie

Robert Kiddie is a partner at Devlin Law Firm, where he focuses on patent enforcement, licensing, and strategic litigation planning across a wide array of technology areas. His practice spans complex technology disputes, with experience in fields such as wireless communications (including Wi-Fi standards), digital display technology, medical devices, and modem technology. The Devlin Law Firm generally handles complex technology litigation, patent litigation and prosecution, and pharmaceutical patent litigation, with technical expertise in computer technology, biological sciences, chemical engineering, and mechanical fields.

Based on tracked appearances and representative cases listed, Mr. Kiddie primarily represents plaintiffs in patent infringement actions. For instance, he served as local counsel for Velocity Communication Technologies, LLC, a non-practising entity (NPE), in a significant patent enforcement campaign involving Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) standard-essential patents, including Velocity Communication Technologies, LLC v. ASUSTek. Other representative plaintiff-side cases include patent infringement matters related to digital menu boards (Activision TV, Inc. v. Cinemark USA, Inc.), wireless data transmission from medical devices (Rydex Technologies LLC v. Animas Corp. et al.), and dial-up modem technology (Telecomm Innovations LLC v. Ingenico S.A. et al.).

Mr. Kiddie's firm, Devlin Law Firm, is recognized as a "powerhouse Delaware patent law firm" that provides comprehensive patent litigation and prosecution services. While the firm has attorneys active in Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) proceedings, specific IPR/PGR experience is not detailed for Mr. Kiddie in publicly available information.

He earned his J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law in 2007 and a B.A. in psychology, magna cum laude, from Texas Tech University in 2003. Mr. Kiddie is admitted to practice in Texas, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Western, and Southern Districts of Texas.