Ryan B. Hawkins

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Ryan B. Hawkins — Patent Litigation Summary

Specialty / focus. Hawkins is a patent litigator with a computer-science background (B.S., Butler University) whose practice centers on high-tech subject matter: software and operating systems, mobile/web user interfaces, search engines and mapping databases, e-commerce store locators, gaming hardware, near-field communications, haptics, and videoconferencing. His own pro hac vice affidavit describes him as litigating "semiconductor technology, computer design, and software" matters. Clients named in firm materials include Nintendo, Cisco, Intel, Microsoft, Samsung, HTC, and Google.

Side preference. The tracked record shows a single appearance — as plaintiff-side counsel in Cisco Systems, Inc. et al. v. Intelligent Protection Management Corp. et al. (D. Del. No. 1:25-cv-00271, filed March 7, 2025, asserting U.S. Pat. Nos. 8,830,293 and 8,941,708). That single data point is not representative of his overall practice: his documented career is predominantly defense-side, representing large operating companies accused of infringement (Nintendo, HTC, Microsoft, Intel, Samsung, and Cisco). The Cisco/IPM matter is best understood in that light — Cisco filed as plaintiff in Delaware against IPM/Paltalk, which had earlier sued Cisco over WebEx videoconferencing technology, so the posture is defensive-even-though-plaintiff. There is no indication he prosecutes for NPEs/PAEs.

Firm / background. He is Senior Counsel in Perkins Coie LLP's San Diego office (Patent Litigation and ITC Litigation). Perkins Coie announced a combination with Ashurst in November 2025 to form Ashurst Perkins Coie, and his profile currently appears on that combined firm's site; whether his practice has since migrated to the combined entity should be confirmed with him. Earlier in his career he was an associate at Paul Hastings in San Diego. Admitted in California (2008); also admitted before the Federal Circuit and the Central, Northern, and Southern Districts of California, E.D. Texas, and W.D. Texas.

Notable cases. His most prominent work is the Nintendo Switch defense. In Gamevice, Inc. v. Nintendo Co., Ltd. (N.D. Cal. No. 3:18-cv-01942), the court granted summary judgment of noninfringement and held most asserted claims invalid as anticipated; the Federal Circuit affirmed the noninfringement ruling in January 2026 and, on remand, Nintendo sought vacatur of the invalidity portions of the judgment. He was also on the Nintendo team in the parallel ITC investigations (337-TA-1149 and 337-TA-1197), which ended in findings of no violation, affirmed by the Federal Circuit in May 2021. He has also defended Cisco in Paltalk Holdings, Inc. v. Cisco Systems, Inc. (W.D. Tex. No. 6:21-cv-757), the WebEx case in which a jury reportedly returned a ~$65.7 million verdict for Paltalk in 2024 (that figure comes from a public investor transcript, not a court document I could verify, and the case is on appeal). Other reported results include a pre-trial covenant-not-to-sue dismissal for Adams Golf in LBS Innovations v. Aaron Brothers and defense work for HTC in district court and ITC proceedings.

PTAB / IPR. He does appear in PTAB proceedings, though not as registered patent counsel of record in every instance; his participation has been via pro hac vice admission. He was admitted pro hac vice in IPR2017-00857 and in Nintendo's Nintendo v. Gamevice IPR of U.S. Pat. No. 9,126,119 (IPR2018-01522), and he appears on related Nintendo/Gamevice post-grant matters. His IPR experience is thus real but appears episodic rather than a dedicated PTAB practice.

Note: two attorneys with similar names appear in patent-related public records (e.g., Michael Hawkins of Fish & Richardson, and Holmes Hawkins of King & Spalding); the facts above are tied to Ryan B. Hawkins of Perkins Coie, as confirmed by his San Diego office address and bar admissions in the filings cited.