Robert S. Hill

Robert S. Hill — Patent Litigation Practice Summary

Specialty / focus. Robert S. Hill is a Dallas-based intellectual property litigator whose practice spans an unusually broad range of technologies: software (image processing, database, e-commerce, cache management, audio codecs), wireless/5G communications, AI platforms, medical imaging, LEDs and quantum dot technology, immersion cooling for data centers, fintech and cryptography, and life sciences — including Hatch-Waxman work and biotech patents (e.g., emulsion PCR/sequencing). He also handles trade secret, false advertising, antitrust, and IP transactional matters. His firm bio states he practices before district and appellate courts, the ITC, and the PTAB, and he is a member of Holland & Knight's 5G and Quantum Computing initiatives.

Side preference / firm context. His tracked appearances in this dataset are entirely defendant-side (1 appearance as pro hac vice counsel for the defendant), and his most prominent verified result is a defense verdict. That is consistent with his firm bio, which describes a practice representing both plaintiffs and defendants in complex patent litigation. He is a partner at Holland & Knight (Dallas), which he joined in 2017 as the firm's first Texas IP lawyer; he was previously of counsel at Quinn Emanuel in Los Angeles and began his career in Dallas.

Notable cases / outcomes. Hill was part of the Holland & Knight trial team that obtained a complete defense verdict for Riot Platforms Inc. in Green Revolution Cooling, Inc. v. Riot Platforms, Inc. (W.D. Tex., No. 6:24-cv-00152), a high-stakes immersion-cooling patent case tried before Judge Albright in April 2026. The jury found no infringement of U.S. Patent No. 9,992,914 (a second patent was withdrawn mid-trial), eliminating exposure that plaintiff had pegged at roughly $200–400 million; the verdict was covered by Law360 and Texas Lawyer. This tracked case (the defendant-side pro hac vice appearance) is consistent with that matter.

PTAB / IPR experience. His firm bio cites PTAB experience, but I found no readily verifiable record that he appears regularly in IPR/PGR proceedings; I would not characterize PTAB work as a defining part of his practice absent docket-level verification.

Bar / education. Admitted in Texas and California; J.D. cum laude, Harvard Law School; A.B. in Biology, summa cum laude, Harvard University. Recognized in Chambers USA (IP, 2025) and Best Lawyers in America (Litigation–IP, 2021–2026).