Zachary Loney

Zachary Loney is a patent litigation attorney at DLA Piper, where his practice focuses on patent litigation and broader intellectual property matters. His technological expertise spans a wide array of hardware and software, including mobile payment solutions, contactless interfaces, biometric solutions, distributed networks, cloud computing, video coding/decoding, and various smartphone components such as digital cameras and touch screen assemblies. Mr. Loney also has experience with emerging technologies like artificial intelligence and blockchain, having presented on their patentability.

While the provided data indicates one plaintiff-side appearance, external sources suggest Mr. Loney has experience representing defendants in patent infringement actions. For instance, he served as counsel for Google LLC in the patent infringement litigation brought by Virtamove, Corp. concerning container technology, where Google was the defendant. In that matter, Google successfully obtained a transfer of the case from the Western District of Texas to the Northern District of California.

Mr. Loney is particularly active in proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) of the USPTO. In the Virtamove, Corp. v. Google, LLC matter, he was involved in inter partes review (IPR) proceedings where Google LLC challenged Virtamove's patents. One patent was found invalid via IPR, leading to the plaintiff voluntarily dismissing allegations regarding additional patents, and the case ultimately settled on terms favorable to his client.

Mr. Loney is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and Texas. He earned his Juris Doctor (J.D.) from Vanderbilt University in 2014.