Of Counsel
Tyler focuses on patent litigation and client counseling in the mechanical, industrial manufacturing, and alternative energy fields.
Tyler represents clients in intellectual property disputes before U.S. district courts, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He manages attorney and support teams throughout every phase of patent litigation. Tyler has extensive experience developing litigation strategies, taking complex international discovery, and working with technical and damages experts. He also has broad experience representing clients in inter partes review (IPR) proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), from drafting petitions through oral arguments and appeals.
Tyler takes particular pride in his persuasive writing abilities, and his knack for explaining otherwise complicated legal issues in straightforward, easily understood terms. Litigation clients he works with range from individual inventors to multinational corporations, and he tailors his representation to each client's unique needs.
In addition to litigation matters, Tyler advises clients on their U.S. and international patent portfolios, provides counsel to protect clients against claims of patent infringement, and performs due diligence in support of intellectual property acquisition.
Certain Variable Speed Wind Turbines
Member of team defending client Mitsubishi Heavy Industries before U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) against GE's assertion of wind turbine patents. Successfully obtained decision of no violation of § 337 before the ITC. On appeal, Federal Circuit affirmed noninfringement of one GE patent, and remanded to the ITC for further proceedings on a second patent.
337-TA-641, ITC, Judge Charneski
10-1223, Fed. Cir., Judges Linn, Newman, Rader
337-TA-1052; 337-TA-1073, ITC, Judges Lord, Pender, Bullock
IPR2017-01494, -01495, -01537, -01538, -01539, PTAB, Judges Droesch, Weiker, Hudalla
Nestle USA, Inc. v. Steuben Foods, Inc.
Represented Nestlé USA in three appeals from inter partes review (IPR) decisions by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). In two cases, the Federal Circuit vacated the PTAB decisions upholding the patentability of the challenged claims and remanded the cases. In the third case, the Federal Circuit affirmed the PTAB’s finding that the challenged claims were unpatentable.
16-1750, Fed. Cir., Judges Hughes, Mayer, Reyna
17-1193, Fed. Cir., Judges Dyk, Hughes, Reyna
17-1290, Fed. Cir., Judges Dyk, Hughes, Reyna
General Electric Co. v. Wilkins
1:10-cv-00674, E.D. Cal., Judges O'Neill, Thurston
General Electric Co. v. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
3:10-cv-00276, N.D. Tex., Judges Fish, Furgeson
09-1026, Fed. Cir., Judges Michel, Prost, Rader
2:06-cv-00569, E.D. Va., Judges Davis, Kelley, Stillman
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