Michael Aragon
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  • 901 New York Avenue, NW
  • Washington, DC 20001-4413

Michael Aragon

Associate

  • 901 New York Avenue, NW
  • Washington, DC 20001-4413

Michael Aragon's practice focuses on patent litigation. Michael also assists with patent prosecution and strategic intellectual property counseling matters.

Michael leverages his litigation experience while representing clients before federal district courts and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC).

Michael completed a federal clerkship in the Eastern District of Texas, one of the country's busiest patent venues. He draws on his experience with trials, pre-trial conferences, hearings, motion practice, discovery, and appellate proceedings as he advises clients.

During law school, Michael served as a judicial intern in the Eastern District of Texas. He also previously served as a scholar at the Google Legal Summer Institute (LSI).

Before law school, Michael worked as a systems and automation engineer in the semiconductor industry. As an engineer, he helped optimize systems that allow for full automation of the fabrication plant at Samsung Austin Semiconductor and received the President's Award, the company's highest individual accolade.

Et Cetera

  • Articles editor, Houston Journal of International Law, 2019–2020.
  • Recipient, AIPLEF Sidney B. Williams, Jr. Scholarship, 2018–2020.
  • Officer, UHLC Intellectual Property Student Organization, 2017–2020.

Experience

In the Matter of Certain Semiconductor Devices and Products Containing the Same

Achieved a comprehensive victory for respondent Innoscience, a global leader in gallium nitride (GaN) power devices, in a high-profile patent dispute before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC). The ITC’s Final Determination confirms that Innoscience avoided all patent claims asserted by Infineon.

337‑TA‑1414, ITC, Judge Moore

BMW of North America, LLC and Bayerische Motoren Werke AG v. Arigna Technology Ltd.

Secured a covenant-not-to-sue and zero-dollar walkaway for BMW Group in a declaratory judgment action, concluding Arigna’s high-profile patent enforcement campaign involving current amplification technology. This outcome follows a decisive ITC victory, the dismissal of parallel District Court litigation, and multiple concurrent patent office challenges pending at the time of resolution.

1:23-cv-01190, D.D.C., Judge Contreras
2:21-cv-00173, E.D. Tex.
IPR2021-01531, PTAB, Judges Baer, Fenick, Iftikhar
23-1931, Fed. Cir.
90/019,261, USPTO

In the Matter of Certain Power Inverters and Converters, Vehicles Containing the Same, and Components Thereof

BMW of North America, LLC and Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (collectively, “BMW”) earned a final determination rebuffing an International Trade Commission (ITC) complaint by Arigna Technology Limited (“Arigna”) aiming to ban the importation and sale of certain of BMW’s innovative mild-hybrid, hybrid, and all-electric SUVs and other vehicles.

337-TA-1267, ITC, Judge Bhattacharyya

Insights

Articles

GDPR, BDSG, & Discovery in U.S. Courts Under Hague Evidence Convention

GDPR, BDSG, & Discovery in U.S. Courts Under Hague Evidence Convention GDPR, BDSG, & Discovery in U.S. Courts Under Hague Evidence Convention

October 25, 2021

Bloomberg Law

Articles

A Patent Owner May Be Liable for Defamation if Its Settlement Agreements State Its Belief That a Third-Party Is Infringing Its Trade Dress A Patent Owner May Be Liable for Defamation if Its Settlement Agreements State Its Belief That a Third-Party Is Infringing Its Trade Dress

April 30, 2021

LES Insights

Articles

New Regulations from the USPTO on PTAB Proceedings

New Regulations from the USPTO on PTAB Proceedings New Regulations from the USPTO on PTAB Proceedings

April 2021

CIPA Journal

Articles

A Settlement Agreement Can Be Evidence of an Appropriate Patent Royalty Rate Even When It Occurs Years After Patent Infringement Began A Settlement Agreement Can Be Evidence of an Appropriate Patent Royalty Rate Even When It Occurs Years After Patent Infringement Began

February 26, 2021

LES Insights

News

Press Release

Finnegan Secures Decisive ITC Victory for Innoscience in Final Determination Finnegan Secures Decisive ITC Victory for Innoscience in Final Determination

May 11, 2026

Commentary

ITC Bars Import of Innoscience Chips Made Before Redesign ITC Bars Import of Innoscience Chips Made Before Redesign

May 8, 2026

Law360

Press Release

Finnegan Secures Major ITC Victory in Initial Determination for Innoscience Finnegan Secures Major ITC Victory in Initial Determination for Innoscience

January 29, 2026

Commentary

ITC Judge Clears Innoscience's Redesigned Semiconductor ITC Judge Clears Innoscience's Redesigned Semiconductor

January 29, 2026

Law360

Press Release

Finnegan Wins Again for BMW Against Atlantic IP, This Time at the PTAB Finnegan Wins Again for BMW Against Atlantic IP, This Time at the PTAB

March 28, 2025

Press Release

BMW Group Secures Major Victory Against Patent Monetization Firm Affiliate in Protracted Patent Dispute BMW Group Secures Major Victory Against Patent Monetization Firm Affiliate in Protracted Patent Dispute

September 11, 2024

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Professional Activities

  • The Honorable Nancy F. Atlas Intellectual Property American Inn of Court
    (pupil, 2018-2020)
Admissions and Education

Admissions

  • District of Columbia
  • U.S. District Court, E.D. Texas

Education

University of Houston Law Center
J.D., cum laude, 2020
The University of Texas at Austin
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 2012

Clerkships

  • U.S. District Court, E.D. Texas, Hon. Robert Schroeder III

Michael's Practices

Diligence, Licensing, and Opinions
Opinions and Counseling
Global IP Enforcement, Litigation, and Trials
Patent Litigation and Trials
Patent Office Invalidation Proceedings
Prosecution and Portfolio Management
IP Portfolio Management
Patent Drafting and Prosecution

Michael's Industries

AI, Electronics, and Information Technology
Electronic Devices and Components
Communications
Internet of Things (IoT)
Energy
Clean Energy and Renewables

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