Shaun Hassett

Shaun W. Hassett — Potter Minton, P.C. (Tyler, TX)

Focus and technology areas. Hassett's practice centers on complex patent litigation, both against industry competitors and against non-practicing entities. His firm bio describes work spanning electrical systems, computer power management, wireless communications (including patents alleged to be essential to wireless standards), database systems, telecommunications, speech coding, data compression, and network security — a portfolio consistent with the networking/telecom and consumer-electronics defendants in his docket (Cisco, Charter/Spectrum, LG, Valve, Dell). He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (UT Arlington), and his docket includes mechanical/hardware-side matters such as CyboEnergy v. Yotta Energy.

Side preference. Overwhelmingly defense-side. All four tracked appearances are for defendants (0 plaintiff / 4 defendant), and the broader record from court filings and firm announcements reinforces that: Cisco, LG Electronics, Valve, Charter Communications, Sensormatic/Johnson Controls, and Dell. His practice description frames the work as defending operating companies and manufacturers against infringement claims, including from NPEs/PAEs (WSOU/Brazos, Corrigent, Symbology Innovations, K.Mizra). Roles in the tracked cases are local counsel (three) and co-counsel (one), typically alongside national trial teams from Gibson Dunn or Jones Day.

Firm context. He is a shareholder at Potter Minton, P.C. in Tyler, Texas, the firm associated with all three of his tracked Potter Minton matters plus most of his docket filings. A McGuireWoods LLP (Dallas) attorney profile matches his education, admissions, and verbatim practice description, indicating McGuireWoods was a prior firm; that match is inferred from the profile data rather than confirmed by a firm announcement. His Texas bar admission date (Nov. 5, 2010) and Rising Stars recognition (2017–2022) are consistent across sources.

Notable matters and outcomes. The most prominent documented results are defense wins for Cisco in Judge Albright's Waco court: WSOU Investments (Brazos Licensing) v. Cisco — February 2025 jury verdict of no infringement, invalidity, and unenforceability under 35 U.S.C. § 273 (prior commercial use), reportedly a rare § 273 jury finding, after WSOU had sought roughly $50M and had most asserted patents eliminated pre-trial; and Corrigent Corp. v. Cisco — a complete defense victory culminating in judgment as a matter of law, following two Rule 12(c) § 101 invalidations and a summary-judgment non-infringement win, defeating roughly $376M in claimed damages. Potterm Minton also credits him with a non-infringement jury verdict for LG Electronics (the Hafeman v. LG Electronics W.D. Tex. case, 6:21-cv-00696) and a "favorable appeal outcome" in a Federal Circuit case for an electronics client; the firm bio also cites favorable settlements and dismissals for handset and telecom service provider clients. I could not independently verify the specific Federal Circuit disposition from the sources retrieved.

PTAB / IPR experience. I found no evidence that Hassett appears regularly as counsel in IPR/PGR proceedings; his name surfaces in PTAB filings only indirectly (district-court claim-construction papers and notices attached as exhibits to others' petitions). His practice as described is district-court trial work, with appellate experience in the Federal Circuit and Fifth Circuit (including Fifth Circuit oral argument). Treat IPR experience as unverified.

Bar / education. Admitted to the Texas bar (2010); J.D., magna cum laude, University of Dayton School of Law (2009), Publications Editor of the law review; B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington (2005). Prior profiles also list admissions to the Fifth Circuit, Federal Circuit, and N.D. Tex.