Timothy J.H. Craddock

I'll research this attorney's professional background and the tracked case before writing the summary.

Let me dig deeper into his PTAB/IPR involvement, firm history, and the case posture.

Timothy J.H. Craddock — Patent Litigation Practice Summary

Focus areas. Craddock is a Dallas-based intellectual property litigator at Cole Schotz P.C., where the firm describes his practice as spanning "computer chipsets, data communications hardware, software-based appliances and applications, and mechanical devices." His technical background is in electrical/computer engineering-adjacent work: before law school he was an Engineering Scientist Associate in the Space and Geophysics division of UT Austin's Applied Research Laboratories, developing hardware and software for GPS maintenance and improvement. His most visible patent matter involves consumer IoT — video doorbells, IP cameras, and smart-home security hardware — rather than pharma or standards-essential Wi-Fi work.

Side of the "v." — an important caveat. The tracked data lists a single appearance on the defendant side (0 plaintiff / 1 defendant) in Vivint Inc. v. SB IP Holdings LLC. That count is driven by the declaratory-judgment caption, in which Vivint sued the patent holder; substantively, Craddock's documented role in this dispute is for the patent owner: SB IP Holdings LLC (a subsidiary of SkyBell Technologies) and affiliate Eyetalk365. He appears in the dockets as counsel pressing the infringement claims, responding to summary-judgment motions, moving to exclude defense expert testimony, and appearing on related Federal Circuit filings as counsel for SB IP/SkyBell/Eyetalk365 (e.g., Fed. Cir. No. 22-1354, subsequently voluntarily dismissed). In other words, the record reflects predominantly patent-holder/asserting-party work, not a defense-side orientation — the single "defendant" label understates that.

Firm context. Craddock has been at Cole Schotz P.C. since April 2019, joining the firm's Dallas office as an associate as part of a four-lawyer IP and litigation team (led by Aaron Davidson and Gary Sorden) that moved over from Dallas boutique Klemchuk LLP. He was elevated to member effective January 1, 2021, and sits in both the firm's Intellectual Property Group and its Litigation Department. No in-house or government service is indicated in the sources reviewed. He has been named a Texas "Rising Stars" honoree repeatedly (2018–2025) and recognized in Best Lawyers for IP litigation since 2025, per Super Lawyers and Best Lawyers profiles.

Notable matters, PTAB/IPR, and credentials. The most prominent tracked matter is the video-doorbell dispute between SB IP Holdings/SkyBell and Vivint, which produced a $45.4 million jury verdict in the Eastern District of Texas on October 23, 2023 (SB IP Holdings LLC v. Vivint Smart Home, Inc., No. 4:20-cv-00886) for willful infringement of two audiovisual doorbell patents; Craddock was a member of the trial team led by Gary Sorden. Law360 reported that in August 2024 the court declined to enhance the $45.4 million award. The same patent family was litigated in parallel proceedings: a related declaratory-judgment action (Vivint, Inc. v. SB IP Holdings, LLC, No. 4:22-cv-00648, E.D. Tex.) and an ITC investigation (No. 337-TA-1242, Certain IP Camera Systems Including Video Doorbells), which was terminated in September 2021 on summary determination that the asserted claims were invalid for a break in the application priority chain. Vivint also filed roughly nine inter partes review petitions against SB IP/SkyBell patents (IPR2022-00810 through -00814, -01352, -01364, -01365, -01449), and the resulting Federal Circuit appeals (consolidated, including Nos. 24-1271 through 24-2189) were dismissed by joint stipulation on July 10, 2025. Craddock's name appears on related district-court and Federal Circuit docket entries, but the available sources do not clearly document him personally as counsel of record in the PTAB IPRs; his PTAB/PGR appearance volume should not be overstated on this record. He is licensed in Texas (since 2012), earned his J.D. from Texas Tech University School of Law (2012) and a B.S. from the University of Texas at Austin.

Note on sourcing: practice-area, firm-history, and bio details come from Cole Schotz announcements, the Cianj/New Jersey Law Journal reports on the 2019 Dallas IP group move, and Super Lawyers/Best Lawyers profiles. Case outcomes are drawn from firm announcements, Law360, the Federal Circuit and Justia dockets, and court filings. The "defendant" side designation in the tracked data reflects the declaratory-judgment caption rather than Craddock's substantive alignment.