Thomas R. Davis

Thomas’s clients benefit from the breadth and depth of his experience across numerous technologies. In computer hardware and software, his cases have involved dynamic random access memory (DRAM), hard disk drives, flash memory storage and flash memory management, digital rights management (DRM), secure computer networks, operating system kernels, networking, wired and wireless printers and printing technology, streaming video, data compression, and over-the-air updates. For cases involving ecommerce and business methods, he has worked with secure financial and derivatives trading, foreign exchange methods, and funds transfers. He has experience with various oilfield technologies including top drive drilling, drilling with casing, seismic imaging, and using survey data for downhole tool placement.  He also has experience in numerous other fields including vehicle wrap technology for reducing drag, light emitting diodes, and cellular/smart phone technologies including inertial measurement units, gyroscopes, accelerometers, and magnetometers.

• An oil and gas company as plaintiff in a patent litigation in the Western District of Texas related to innovative uses of survey data
• A prominent car manufacturer in a patent litigation in the Western District of Texas regarding automobile safety features
• A global electronics company in a patent litigation in the Western District of Texas regarding transmissions of over-the-air updates
• A pioneer in the development of digital rights management (DRM) and secure computing technology in a patent infringement litigation; the case settled with a $440 million victory for the client
• One of the world’s leading computer component suppliers in a patent infringement litigation involving dynamic random access memory
• A global leader in mobile storage in asserting its patent against a leading flash memory producer; the case settled with a favorable licensing agreement for the client
• A national retailer in a patent case involving portable eyeglass cleaners; the case settled favorably for the client at mediation
• A worldwide producer of fluid dynamic bearings used in hard disc drive motors in asserting its patents against a competitor
• One of the world’s leading suppliers of light-emitting diodes in a patent infringement litigation involving wide bandgap technology
• A premier financial services firm in a patent litigation involving online banking technology
• An international video game manufacturer in a patent litigation involving mirror technology
• A leading provider of Internet protocol testing equipment in a trade secret misappropriation case
• A worldwide leader in oilfield equipment technology asserting its patents against an international competitor in the industry
• A global printing technology company in a multi-jurisdictional patent dispute involving print head technologies; jurisdictions in which patent infringement claims and counterclaims were filed included the Southern
• District of California, the District of Oregon, the International Trade Commission, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Ireland
• A leading technology company in various patent infringement cases in the Tyler, Sherman, and Marshall divisions of the Eastern District of Texas for over a decade; the technologies included wireless hardware, networking, hard drives, and printer networks