Tyler M. Akagi

Professional Summary: Tyler M. Akagi

Note: While the provided case list associates Mr. Akagi with Perkins Coie, public records as of May 2026 list him as Of Counsel in the Washington, D.C. office of Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP. This summary is based on his biography with Finnegan.

Tyler M. Akagi is an intellectual property litigator with a practice focused on patent disputes in U.S. district courts, at the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), and before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). His technical experience is concentrated in the mechanical, industrial manufacturing, and alternative energy sectors. Mr. Akagi's practice includes all phases of litigation, from strategy development and discovery to working with technical and damages experts. He also counsels clients on patent portfolio development and pre-litigation infringement analysis.

Mr. Akagi has represented clients on both the plaintiff and defendant sides of patent disputes. The tracked case, Twitch Interactive, Inc. et al. v. NL Giken Inc., was an inter partes review (IPR) proceeding before the PTAB in which he represented the petitioner, Twitch, in a successful challenge to a patent's validity that resulted in a settlement. His defensive work includes being a member of the Finnegan team that successfully defended Mitsubishi Heavy Industries against patent infringement allegations brought by GE concerning wind turbine technology, securing a finding of no violation at the ITC. He has also been part of teams defending clients such as Toyota Motor Corp.

Mr. Akagi has significant experience in post-grant proceedings before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. His biography notes broad experience representing clients in IPRs, from drafting petitions through oral arguments and appeals. This is corroborated by his appearance for the petitioner in the Twitch v. NL Giken IPR and as backup counsel for the petitioner in other IPR proceedings, such as BOE Technology Group Co. v. 138 East LCD Advancements Limited.

According to his firm's biography, Mr. Akagi earned his J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law and his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, San Diego. He is admitted to the bar in California and the District of Columbia.