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Recognized by The Legal 500 U.S. for his patent practice, Houtan focuses on litigation and client counseling, advising clients on intellectual property matters related to high technology.
Houtan has led high-profile patent litigations and advised clients on intellectual property matters spanning a wide array of complex and emerging technical subject matters involving artificial intelligence (AI), telecommunications, wireless communications, Internet-of-Things (IoT), cloud computing, blockchain coding, memory devices, processors, smartphones, and a wide variety of technologies related to consumer and industrial electronics.
Due to his expertise in telecommunications, Houtan often represents clients in the telecommunications industry in litigations and licensing matters related to standard essential patents (SEP). He also participates in the FRAND Licensing Standard Committee of Licensing Executives Society (LES), which is chartered with developing guidelines for licensing standard essential patents on fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory (FRAND) terms.
Before joining Finnegan, Houtan worked for almost a decade as an electrical and software engineer in the telecommunications industry for the research and development unit of the Bell Telephone System (formerly AT&T Bell Laboratories). As an electrical and software engineer, he designed and implemented complex, large-scale telecommunication systems for deployment throughout the United States.
Drawing on his hands-on experience in the telecommunications industry, Houtan brings together a distinct combination of legal and technical talent that gives clients an upper hand in high-stakes intellectual property matters. Houtan is also at the forefront of intellectual property issues relating to emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain coding, Internet-of-Things (IoT), and cloud computing.
Houtan regularly teaches courses on patent law tailored to high technology in the electrical and computer fields.
Certain Wireless Mesh Networking Products and Related Components Thereof
337-TA-1131, ITC, Judge Lord
Certain Computing or Graphics Systems, Components Thereof, and Vehicles Containing Same
337-TA-984, ITC, Judge Pender
WordLogic Corp. et al. v. TouchType, Inc. dba SwiftKey
Represented defendant TouchType, Inc. ("SwiftKey") in a patent suit relating to mobile touchscreen keyboard technology; the case was successfully dismissed.
3:14-cv-02448, S.D. Cal., Judges Sammartino, Skomal
Certain Portable Electronic Communications Devices, including Mobile Phones
337-TA-885, ITC, Judges Essex, Lord, Shaw
Certain Wireless Communications Base Stations
Represented respondents Telfonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson and Ericsson Inc. in a patent infringement case involving cellular communications technology brought by Adaptix, Inc., a subsidiary of Acacia Research Corp.
337-TA-871, ITC, Judges Essex, Gildea
Certain Electronic Devices with Communication Capabilities, Components Thereof, and Related Software
Represented complainant HTC Corp. in an investigation involving certain user interface features in Apple’s iPhones, iPads, and iPod Touches.
337-TA-808, ITC, Judge Gildea
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