Steven D. Moore

I'll research this attorney before writing the summary.

Let me dig deeper — there's potential name ambiguity between a Fish & Richardson attorney and the Kilpatrick/Vinson & Elkins partner.

Note on name/records: The tracked appearance list attributes one matter to Fish & Richardson, but I could not verify any Fish & Richardson affiliation for this Steven D. Moore through public sources; his documented firm history is Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton (roughly 25 years) and, as of January 2026, Vinson & Elkins. I flag that below rather than treat it as established.

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Specialty / focus. Steven D. Moore is a first-chair patent trial lawyer whose docket spans wireless communications and consumer electronics (Motorola Mobility, AT&T, Cingular, Cox, Alltel in handset and set-top-box litigation), software and enterprise IT (Oracle in object-to-relational mapping; Epic Systems in health-care software), medical devices and wound care (Molnlycke), industrial and mechanical arts (Kennametal metal-cutting tools; Interface carpet tile; Georgia-Pacific/Fort James food wrap), digital imaging (Fujifilm v. Motorola Mobility), and mobile gaming (GREE v. Supercell). The tracked Stingray v. TP-Link matter is consistent with his wireless/standards-adjacent work, involving mobile ad-hoc and mesh networking patents asserted against ZigBee/Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11/802.15.4) routers and smart-home devices.

Side preference. He works both sides in roughly equal measure, and the tracked data reflects that split (one plaintiff-side, one defendant-side appearance). Public descriptions characterize him as representing both IP owners enforcing patents and operating companies defending infringement claims; his plaintiff-side work has been for operating companies (GREE, Molnlycke, Kennametal) rather than as a repeat NPE/PAE assertion counsel. His defense practice (Motorola, Oracle, Epic, Interface, TP-Link) is the larger documented body of work.

Firm context. Moore is now a partner in Vinson & Elkins' San Francisco office and co-head of its IP Litigation practice (joined January 2026, per firm and Law.com/CorpGov reporting). Before that he spent nearly 25 years at Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, where he was a partner, served on the firm's executive committee, and co-led the patent litigation team. Again, the tracked sheet's Fish & Richardson entry does not match any source I could locate and should be verified.

Notable cases / outcomes. Most prominent: GREE, Inc. v. Supercell (E.D. Tex.), where he led the trial team in two jury trials (2020, 2021) yielding verdicts exceeding $100 million for GREE. Defense wins include Thought, Inc. v. Oracle (N.D. Cal.) — a $130 million claim defeated via three IPR invalidations, three voluntary dismissals, and summary judgment of non-infringement, affirmed on appeal; EON Corp. IP Holdings v. FLO TV/Motorola Mobility (D. Del.), summary judgment of invalidity for indefiniteness affirmed by the Federal Circuit (2015); Fujifilm Corp. v. Motorola Mobility (N.D. Cal.), where Motorola prevailed on four of five asserted patents at trial plus reexamination of the fifth; Effingo Wireless v. Motorola Mobility (W.D. Tex.), jury verdict of non-infringement and invalidity; and the Interface carpet-tile defense, where the jury found invalidity and non-infringement in under an hour. On the tracked docket, Stingray IP Solutions, LLC v. TP-Link (C.D. Cal.) was one of a series of Stingray mobile-ad-hoc-network suits; the related Federal Circuit mandamus decision In re Stingray IP Solutions, No. 23-102 (Jan. 9, 2023), addressed Rule 4(k)(2) personal jurisdiction.

PTAB / IPR. He has meaningful post-grant experience, though often as back-up rather than registered lead counsel in recent matters. He invalidated three patents in IPRs in the Oracle case and obtained institution on all challenged claims in IPR2013-00010 (U.S. Pat. 7,516,484, Motorola Mobility). He appeared as patent-owner back-up counsel (pro hac vice) in IPR2024-00133 and IPR2024-00209 (PLR Worldwide Sales v. Flip Phone Games) and in the Supercell v. GREE PGR (PGR2018-00091).

Bar / education. J.D., magna cum laude, Duke University School of Law (1996); A.B., cum laude, Duke University. Admitted in North Carolina (1996), Georgia (1999), and California (2013), with Federal Circuit and Fourth Circuit admissions.