Tiffany C. Miller

Tiffany C. Miller is a patent litigation attorney with DLA Piper, specializing in complex patent disputes across a range of high-technology sectors. Her practice focuses on cellular communications, wireless devices, electronics, computer architecture, storage architecture, biomedical devices, sensors, and wearable technology. She also has experience with standards essential patent portfolios and counsels clients on freedom to operate and patent portfolio strategies.

Ms. Miller primarily defends operating companies against patent infringement allegations, as evidenced by her appearances in three tracked defendant-side cases and DLA Piper's reputation for defending patent litigation. She has represented prominent clients such as Apple, HP Inc., Nike, ResMed Inc., and NXP Semiconductors in various patent disputes.

Her notable case experience includes representing Apple in Smart Mobile Technologies LLC v. Apple Inc., a series of matters involving wireless device technology, where the Federal Circuit has affirmed and remanded PTAB decisions concerning patentability. She was also part of the team defending Apple in Apple Inc. v. WiLAN Inc. et al., a wireless technology case that resulted in an $85 million damages verdict for WiLAN following a retrial in January 2020. Additionally, Ms. Miller achieved a PTAB victory in May 2025, representing ResMed in Cleveland Medical v. ResMed Inc. & ResMed Corp., where the PTAB found a patent related to sleep apnea technology unpatentable. She frequently engages in post-grant review (PGR) and inter partes review (IPR) proceedings at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB).

Ms. Miller earned her J.D. from the University of San Diego School of Law in 2006 and holds a B.S.E.E. from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (2000). She is admitted to practice in California and before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.