Robert W. Molitors

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Robert W. Molitors — patent litigation practice summary

Focus areas. Mr. Molitors' practice is centered on electrical-engineering and computer technologies. His published Cherian LLP bio describes representation in matters involving computer hardware design, software systems, semiconductor fabrication, cellular communications, wireless devices and networking, and business methods, and his PTAB work has involved e-commerce, cloud messaging, anonymous communications and interactive image processing. This is consistent with the subject matter of his single tracked litigation appearance, which concerns peer-to-peer network-acceleration and data-transfer patents.

Side preference. The tracked record is one-sided and very thin: one appearance, on the plaintiff side, as back-up counsel. That appearance is on the appeal in Bright Data Ltd. v. Code200, UAB, et al., Nos. 23-2144 et al. (Fed. Cir. Aug. 1, 2025) (nonprecedential), where Cherian LLP represented appellant Bright Data, the patent owner appealing PTAB unpatentability findings — i.e., the patent-enforcement/appellant side. His PTAB record, however, is genuinely two-sided: his firm bio lists him as counsel for petitioners (described as a "major software communications services firm") in IPRs and covered business method reviews, and as counsel for patent owners (a large microprocessor manufacturer and a correctional-facility communications system manufacturer) in multiple IPRs. So the plaintiff-only count in the case database reflects a small sample, not a demonstrated defense-side or NPE-side specialization. Note also that the count reflects back-up rather than lead counsel status, which limits how much can be inferred about his role in the case.

Firm context. He is identified as Of Counsel in Cherian LLP's Washington, D.C. office; the case database also lists Cherian as the firm on his sole tracked appearance, and Cherian attorneys appear as counsel of record on PTAB filings listing him (e.g., IPR2024-01046). Before Cherian he was Of Counsel at Banner Witcoff, joining its Washington, D.C. office in May 2019, and he previously practiced at Miles & Stockbridge P.C. A third-party profile aggregator also lists him as Of Counsel at Wood IP; I could not verify the timing or current status of that affiliation from a primary firm source, so the Cherian affiliation should be treated as the best-supported current one.

Notable matters and PTAB experience. The most prominent tracked matter is the Bright Data appeal, in which the Federal Circuit affirmed the Board's construction of "client device" and "second server" and its findings that all challenged claims were anticipated or obvious across ten underlying IPRs — an adverse result for his client. His bio-reported outcomes, which I could not independently verify against dockets, include an IPR in which trial was instituted and the patent invalidated; several CBM reviews instituted; one CBM resulting in adverse judgment against the patent owner; denials of institution on behalf of patent-owner clients; a Federal Circuit appeal against the USPTO resulting in issuance of a patent; a district court OFDMA cellular-networking infringement case resolved by pre-trial settlement; and an ITC investigation involving OFDMA cellular networking. PTAB/PTACTS filings confirm he appears as back-up counsel for patent owners in current IPR proceedings, so post-grant work is a regular part of his practice rather than occasional.

Bar and education. Admitted in Ohio, the District of Columbia and Virginia; registered to practice before the USPTO (Reg. No. 66,726); admitted to the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and the Federal Circuit. J.D., Capital University Law School; IP program, George Washington University; M.B.A. and M.S.E.E., Northeastern University; B.S.E.E., Case Western Reserve University.