Overview
Alexander (Alex) P. Ott focuses his practice on litigating complex patent disputes and representing clients in a variety of high technology industries, including the semiconductor, consumer electronics, telecommunications, pharmaceutical and software industries. He is a registered patent attorney with significant experience in patent prosecution matters. Alex has represented clients in federal district courts, in Section 337 investigations before the US International Trade Commission (ITC), in inter partes review (IPR) and post-grant review (PGR) proceedings at the US Patent and Trademark Office, and before the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Alex earned his BS in electrical engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology and his JD from Tulane University School of Law. While in law school, he was a member of the Tulane Law Review. He also interned for the US Department of the Interior, Office of the Solicitor, and was a law clerk for Southeast Louisiana Legal Services, a pro bono legal aid organization.
Results
- Representing Analog Devices in the Western District of Texas regarding Ethernet networking switches
- Represented Target Corporation in an ITC investigation related to filament light-emitting diodes
- Represented TCT Mobile International in the Eastern District of Texas related to power management techniques for mobile devices
- Representing Analog Devices and Linear Technology in an International Trade Commission (ITC) investigation regarding wireless mesh networking devices
- Representing ZTE Corporation in an ITC investigation regarding 3G and 4G/LTE networking technologies
- Representing Koki Holdings (previously Hitachi Koki) in an ITC investigation regarding portable air spring nailers
- Represented Bestway Inflatables in the Eastern District of Texas and seven related inter partes review (IPR) proceedings regarding inflatable airbeds
- Represented Bestway Inflatables in an ITC investigation regarding inflatable airbeds
- Represented Samsung Electro-Mechanics in a post-grant review (PGR) proceeding, successfully defending the validity of its patent directed to multilayer ceramic capacitors
- Represented ZTE Corporation in a breach of FRAND commitment case in the Southern District of New York regarding standard-essential patents (SEPs) directed to 2G, 3G and 4G/LTE networking technologies
- Represented InSite Vision in the District of Delaware regarding non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) eye drops, obtaining early dismissal
- Represented Diablo Technologies in IPR proceedings regarding memory modules, successfully invalidating two patents based on anticipation and obviousness
- Represented Autodesk in the District of New Hampshire regarding 3D modeling software for designing HVAC systems, obtaining summary judgment of patent ineligibility under § 101 and non-infringement and obtaining affirmance of those decisions in an appeal to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- Represented Fairchild Semiconductor in a multi-district patent dispute in the Northern District of California and District of Delaware regarding power conversion circuits
- Represented Ciena Corporation in a case in the Central District of California regarding fiber optics telecommunication devices
- Represented Rovi Guides in the District of Delaware and an ITC investigation regarding digital entertainment technologies
- Represented Spansion in a multi-district patent dispute in the District of Delaware, Eastern District of Virginia, and ITC regarding flash memory circuits
Recognitions
- Legal 500 US, 2021
- Super Lawyers, Washington, DC, “Rising Star” in Intellectual Property Litigation, 2014 to present
Credentials
Education
Tulane University School of Law, JD, cum laude, 2010
Georgia Institute of Technology, BS, Electrical Engineering, 2005
Admissions
District of Columbia
Maryland
Courts / Agencies
US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
US District Court for the District of Columbia
US District Court for the Northern District of Texas
US District Court for the Western District of Texas
US Patent and Trademark Office
