Thomas Jackson Derbish

Thomas Jackson Derbish is an intellectual property litigator at Desmarais LLP, focusing his practice on a diverse range of technological areas, including pharmaceutical products, computer architecture, and networking systems. His experience includes matters involving push notification, mobile device technologies, intelligent data management, and network communication technologies.

Derbish primarily represents defendants, as evidenced by his appearances in at least two tracked cases, both on the defendant side. Notably, he has defended Apple Inc. against patent infringement claims brought by Headwater Research LLC. These cases, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, involved patents related to mobile devices and push notification infrastructure, and they resolved swiftly through settlements with Headwater's claims dismissed with prejudice.

Before rejoining Desmarais LLP in 2023, Derbish previously practiced intellectual property law at the firm from 2018 to 2021. He also gained experience as a law clerk to Chief Judge James Rodney Gilstrap of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas and Judge Richard G. Taranto of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Additionally, he served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the District of Columbia. Information regarding his regular appearance in PTAB/IPR proceedings is not readily available from public sources.

Derbish earned his J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School in 2017. He is admitted to practice in New York (2018) and the District of Columbia (2021), and before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.