Concentration

Patent prosecution and litigation

Summary

Brad Bowling practices in all areas of intellectual property law, including patent prosecution, patent litigation and patent opinion preparation. He prepares and prosecutes patent applications over a broad range of technologies relating to software, electronics and oil fields tools.

Before attending law school, Mr. Bowling worked as a Web applications developer for sell.com, where he was involved in all aspects of the design and implementation of an Internet marketplace.

Representative Engagements

• Alcatel-Lucent, Inc. (Southern District of California) －Defended patent lawsuit involving networking and graphical user interface technologies
• Alcatel USA Sourcing, Inc.(Eastern District of Texas) －Prosecuted two patent lawsuits concerning video streaming and network security technologies
• Alcatel USA Sourcing, Inc. (Eastern District of Virginia) －Prosecuted Administrative Procedure Act case against the United States Patent Office
• Dell Inc.(Eastern District of Texas) －Defending patent infringement case relating to noise reduction in computer hard drives
• Realsource, Inc. (Western District of Texas) －Prosecuted patent infringement case against multiple defendants involving gift card authorization technology
• SandenVendo America et al. (Eastern District of Texas) －Defended patent infringement case relating to robotic vending machines
• TD Ameritrade (Eastern District of Texas) －Defending a patent case concerning encryption technologies
• Preparation of opinions dealing with a variety of technologies, including virtualization software, heat exchangers and welding techniques
• Preparation and prosecution of patents for a number of clients, including Halliburton Energy Services, Dell Inc. and a semiconductor microcontroller company