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Griffin Tolle
Griffin Tolle
Associate

Overview

Griffin Tolle helps clients with a broad range of intellectual property related matters, with an emphasis on complex patent litigation in U.S. district courts. Griffin has experience in all phases of litigation, including involvement with patent jury trials on both the plaintiff and defense sides, oral argument of evidentiary issues at trial, nightly exchanges of trial materials and related conferences, pre-trial disclosures, pre-trial and post-trial motion practice, fact and expert discovery, fact and expert witness depositions, infringement and invalidity analyses, and damages analyses. Griffin’s litigation experience has involved a wide variety of technologies, including technologies relating to wireless telecommunications and related equipment, computer network environments, content streaming, insurance and annuity policy administration systems, and directional drilling guidance systems.

Griffin also has experience working with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, including challenging and defending patents in inter partes review (IPR) and post grant review (PGR) proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, and he has experience preparing requests for ex parte reexamination (EPR). Griffin also has patent prosecution experience involving a variety of technologies including AI-based FOD detection, aerodynamic aircraft configurations, and assemblies for aerial spraying aircrafts.

Griffin also engages in pro bono matters, which includes volunteering at general and housing-specific clinics in the DFW area.

Prior to law school, Griffin was a member catcher on the University of Alabama’s D1 baseball team, where he also earned a degree in mechanical engineering with a minor in mathematics.

 

Admissions & Affiliations

  • State Bar of Texas
  • United States District Courts for the Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas
  • Young Lawyers’ Committee for the IP Section of the Dallas Bar Association, Member

Education

  • J.D., IP, Texas A&M University 2022
    magna cum laude 
    Law Review (2020-2021)
  • B.S.M.E., Mechanical Engineering, University of Alabama 2019

Experience

  • Multinational information technology company—defense counsel in patent infringement action in the Eastern District of Texas involving patents relating to containerized computer application environments.
  • Multinational telecommunications equipment provider—defense counsel in a patent infringement action in the Eastern District of Texas involving patents asserted against 5G cellular communication technology
  • Multinational information technology services and consulting company—plaintiff’s counsel in competitor trade secret case in the Northern District of Texas in which the jury awarded $70 million in compensatory damages and $140 million in exemplary damages.
  • National energy company—plaintiff’s (original defendant) counsel in competitor oil and gas patent case relating to directional drilling software; obtained favorable settlement during jury deliberations.
  • Multinational information technology and electronics corporation—plaintiff’s counsel in patent infringement action in the Northern District of Texas involving patents relating to content streaming.
  • National hardware and building products provider—defense counsel in competitor patent case relating to board fastener technologies.
  • Multinational wireless service provider—investigation of inter partes review (IPR) grounds relating to patents asserted against multiple competitors.
  • National defense contractor—prosecution of patent applications relating to aerodynamic riblet-based designs and AI-based FOD detection.
  • National aviation-agriculture equipment provider—counsel during pre-suit discussions with competitor; prosecution of patent applications relating to various aircraft assemblies.