Thomas W. Davison

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Thomas W. Davison — Partner, Alston & Bird LLP (Washington, D.C.)

Focus areas. Davison's practice centers on complex patent litigation in district courts, the U.S. International Trade Commission, the PTAB, and the Federal Circuit. His firm bio and the 2018 partnership announcement describe a technology focus on telecommunications, semiconductors, software, and fiber optics, with additional ITC work spanning consumer electronics, display technology, toner cartridges, rare-earth magnets, medical foods, and tires. His tracked matters fit that profile: network/streaming and remote-control technology (the Roku–Universal Electronics disputes), and wireless location-sharing/telecom (Piney Woods Mobility v. T-Mobile). Before law school he worked in the USPTO search room as a patent agent performing clearance, infringement, patentability, and validity prior-art searches in the electrical, mechanical, medical, business-method, and telecommunications arts.

Side preference. On the authoritative tracked list he is defense-side in two of three appearances (Piney Woods v. T-Mobile; Roku v. Universal Electronics, where he is listed as back-up/defense counsel) and plaintiff-side in one (Universal Electronics v. Roku). Web-verified dockets show a genuinely mixed practice rather than a one-sided one: he has represented operating companies as defendants (Nokia, T-Mobile, Nvidia, PayPal, Signify, A-S Medication Solutions, Libratone) and patent holders as plaintiffs/complainants (Universal Electronics against TCL, Hisense, and Funai; Nokia against Apple and HTC at the ITC; Richtek; X2Y Attenuators). Alston & Bird's own summary notes multiple defensive jury verdicts in the Eastern District of Texas, but his ITC and district court record includes substantial complainant-side work as well. Notably, in the Roku–UEI matters he appears on the same client's side of both suits (UEI), which were competing plaintiff/defendant filings.

Firm context. Davison has spent his IP litigation career at Alston & Bird, where he was elected partner in the Intellectual Property Litigation Group effective January 1, 2018. No prior law-firm history surfaced in public sources; the only pre-Alston professional role identified is patent agent work at the USPTO. He is based in the firm's Washington, D.C. office.

Notable matters, PTAB/IPR, and credentials. Publicly reported results include a defense jury verdict for Nokia of America in Correct Transmission, LLC v. Nokia (E.D. Tex., Nov. 5, 2024), where Davison is named among the Alston & Bird trial team, and his listed role as counsel for Nokia in Core Optical Technologies, LLC v. Comcast Corp. et al. (C.D. Cal.), where the firm announced a complete dismissal on Article III standing grounds in October 2025 after a Federal Circuit remand. He is also on the firm's team in Piney Woods Mobility LLC v. T-Mobile USA, Inc. (E.D. Tex. filed 2026), an NPE suit over two-way location-sharing patents. I could not independently verify his participation in the firm's April 2025 General Access v. T-Mobile/Ericsson defense verdict, so I do not attribute it to him. Davison has regular, documented PTAB experience, including lead counsel for Nokia petitioners in Nokia of America Corp. v. Packet Intelligence LLC (IPR2019-01289 through -01293), counsel for ASUS petitioners against Maxell (IPR2019-00067 through -00071), patent-owner-side work for Nokia Solutions and Networks in the Huawei IPRs (IPR2017-01540 et seq.), and back-up counsel for a patent owner in IPR2019-01615. He is a registered patent attorney (Reg. No. 57,160); admitted in D.C. (2009), Florida (2008), and the USPTO, with court admissions including the Federal Circuit and the Eastern, Northern, and Middle Districts of Florida. Education: J.D., cum laude, University of Florida Levin College of Law (2008), editorial board of the Journal of Technology Law & Policy, with postgraduate study in industrial and systems engineering; B.S. in systems engineering, University of Virginia (2003). Alston & Bird's bio states he has been ranked by Patexia among top-performing patent litigators on both the plaintiff and defense sides and among top ITC attorneys, though I did not verify those rankings independently.