Pete is an in-court lawyer whose 26-year career has focused on intellectual property (IP) and other commercial litigation, along with other intellectual property matters. He is a member of Reed Smith’s IP, Tech & Data Group. On the litigation side, more specifically, Pete’s practice has been concentrated in high tech patent litigation, license and contract disputes, and in the managed care space. Pete also is specialized in intellectual property and transactional counselling, including patent, software, and technology licensing, and offensive and defensive patent portfolio review.
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奖项和认可
- Ranked in Chambers USA, Texas Intellectual Property, 2014-2019
- Named “IP Star” by Managing Intellectual Property, 2013-2018
- Listed in International Asset Management Patent Litigation 250 – The World’s Leading Patent Litigators/IAM Patent 1000, 2011 - 2018
- Selected through peer review for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© for Litigation - Patent, 2014-2020
- Selected for inclusion in the Texas Super Lawyers list for Intellectual Property (2017-2019)
- Named a “Texas Litigation Star” by Benchmark Litigation: The Definitive Guide to America’s Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys, 2015
- Named a “Top Lawyer” in Intellectual Property by Houstonia magazine, 2018
Notable Quotes
- 3 May 2017 "US Strikes Out In Emergency Messaging Patents Challenges" Law360
- 26 April 2017 "PTAB Rejects DOJ Challenge to 2 Messaging Patents" Law360
- 19 November 2014 "8 Tips on Managing Client Expectations" Law360
- 6 September 2014 "East Texas Still Leads in Patent Lawsuits" The Houston Chronicle