Steven Wingard

Steven Wingard is a seasoned patent litigation attorney at Scott Douglass & McConnico LLP, specializing in intellectual property disputes. His practice encompasses a range of technology areas, including wireless audio and connectivity, video game technology, software applications, and mechanical systems. He also handles copyright infringement, Lanham Act claims, and trade secret theft.

Wingard primarily defends operating companies in patent infringement actions. His appearances include representing Apple Inc. as Of Counsel in Ingeniospec, LLC v. Apple Inc., a patent infringement case centered on wireless audio and connectivity technology. He also successfully defended The Walt Disney Company in a patent infringement lawsuit concerning video game technology, which resulted in a case transfer, and Citrix Systems, Inc. in a software patent dispute that settled favorably after claims construction. Additionally, he has represented plaintiffs, such as Engineered Arresting Systems Corporation in a patent infringement suit involving mechanical aircraft arresting systems, which settled favorably following claims construction.

While his involvement in Ingeniospec v. Apple Inc. suggests an awareness of strategies involving Inter Partes Review (IPR) and claim construction, direct evidence of his regular appearances in PTAB or IPR proceedings is not explicitly detailed in the available sources.

Wingard earned his B.A. with high honors in History, with a minor in Electrical Engineering, from The University of Texas in 1989, and his J.D. with honors from the University of Texas School of Law in 1993, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif and the Texas Law Review. He is admitted to the State Bar of Texas and practices in the U.S. District Courts across all four districts of Texas, as well as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.