Todd M. Briggs

Todd M. Briggs is a partner in the Silicon Valley office of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, where he focuses his practice on patent infringement, trade secret, and other intellectual property litigation. His technical background includes a B.S. in Electrical Engineering, and his litigation experience spans a wide array of technologies, including wireless communications, computer networking, machine learning, microprocessors, semiconductor processing, operating systems, computer architecture, data storage systems, medical devices, mobile gaming devices, and high-throughput materials discovery systems.

Throughout his career, Mr. Briggs has demonstrated a robust practice representing both plaintiffs and defendants in high-stakes intellectual property disputes. While his tracked appearances include serving as lead counsel for the defendant in Uniloc USA, Inc. v. Adobe Systems Inc., his broader experience showcases a balanced approach to patent litigation. He has secured significant victories for technology companies across various industries.

Among his notable achievements, Mr. Briggs led the team that obtained a $1.1 billion jury verdict for the California Institute of Technology in a patent infringement trial against Apple and Broadcom, one of the largest patent verdicts on record. He also represented MediaTek against NXP Semiconductors, resulting in a global cross-license agreement. Further, he was involved in a case for EMC that led to a $325 million settlement from HP, and he secured a worldwide preliminary injunction for Cisco against Huawei, which resulted in a favorable settlement. In another instance, he represented Samsung in a series of patent infringement actions where Samsung successfully defeated Evolved Wireless, invalidating patents through inter partes review (IPR) proceedings and prevailing on a license defense, a ruling affirmed by the Federal Circuit.

Mr. Briggs is also active in post-grant proceedings, representing clients in inter partes review and ex parte reexamination proceedings before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, as well as appellate matters before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He earned his J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in 2000, and is admitted to the State Bar of California and registered to practice before the USPTO.