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Garland Stephens

Partner, Blue Peak Law Group

Email | garland@bluepeak.law
Phone | 832-387-7696
vCard | Garland Stephens

Office | Houston, TX

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Legal Background

Garland Stephens is a patent trial lawyer and partner of Blue Peak Law Group. Mr. Stephens has been a patent trial lawyer for almost three decades, and has been lead counsel for large, sophisticated clients in high-stakes patent litigation throughout the United States and on appeals before the Federal Circuit.

 

Mr. Stephens is a registered patent attorney with the United States Patent Office and has been lead counsel in numerous inter partes review and ex parte reexamination proceedings. Before founding Blue Peak Law Group, Mr. Stephens was (at different times) a senior partner at Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, the managing principal of the Houston office of Fish & Richardson P.C., and a partner at Pennie & Edmonds LLP.

 

Mr. Stephens is committed to pro bono practice. He is especially proud of his representation of Sherwood Dewayne Brown who was exonerated after spending more than 26 years on Mississippi’s death row for murders that he did not commit.

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Representative Matters

  • Guardant Health, Inc. v. Foundation Medicine, Inc. (D. Delaware): Trial counsel for plaintiff Guardant Health, Inc.
    Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. et al v. 10X Genomics, Inc. (D. Massachusetts): Trial counsel for plaintiff Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. in district court and IPR counsel before Patent Trial and Appeal Board

  • Alacritech Inc. v. Intel Corporation, et al. (Fed. Cir.): Lead counsel for Appellee Intel Corporation before the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

  • Intel Corporation, et al. v. Alacritech Inc. (E.D. Texas): Lead trial counsel for defendant/intervenor Intel Corporation in district court and lead IPR counsel before Patent Trial and Appeal Board

  • Illumina, Inc. v. Natera, Inc. (N.D. California): Trial counsel for plaintiff Illumina, Inc.

  • Williamson v. Google (N.D. California): Lead trial counsel for plaintiff Trustee of At Home Bonholders’ Liquidating Trust and lead IPR counsel before Patent Trial and Appeal Board

  • Adtran Inc v. TQ Delta LLC (D. Delaware): Lead trial counsel for declaratory plaintiff Adtran inc.

  • West View Research, LLC v. Tesla Motors, Inc. (Fed. Cir.): Lead counsel for Appellee Tesla Motors Inc. before the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

  • West View Research, LLC v. Tesla Motors, Inc. (S.D. California): Lead trial counsel for defendant Tesla Motors, Inc.

  • Nortek Air Solutions LLC v. Energy Labs, Inc. et al (N.D. Californaia): Trial counsel for plaintiff Nortek Air Solutions LLC.

  • Clear With Computers, LLC v. Tesla Motors, Inc. (E.D. Texas): Lead trial counsel for defendant Tesla Motors, inc.

  • Mobile Telecommunications Technologies, LLC v. Apple Inc. (E.D. Texas): Trial counsel for defendant Apple Inc.

  • Cogenra et al. v. Solarcity Corporation et al. (N.D. California): Lead trial counsel for defendant Solarcity (trade secret case).

  • Advanced Processor Technologies LLC v. Altera Corporation (E.D. Texas): Lead trial counsel for defendant Altera Corporation

  • Azure Networks, LLC, et. al. v. MediaTek Inc. (E.D. Texas): Lead trial counsel for counterclaimant Intel Corporation

  • Bandspeed Inc v Apple Inc. et al. (E.D. Texas): Lead trial counsel for defendant Apple Inc.

  • Personal Audio, LLC v. Apple, Inc. (E.D. Texas): Trial counsel for defendant Apple Inc.

  • Negotiated Data Solutions Inc. v. Intel Corporation (Fed. Cir.): Lead counsel for Appellee Intel Corporation before the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

  • Intel Corporation v. Negotiated Data Solutions Inc. (E.D. Texas): Lead trial counsel for defendant Intel Corporation

  • US Ethernet Innovations, LLC v. Intel Corporation, et al. (Fed. Cir.): Lead counsel for Appellee Intel before the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

  • US Ethernet Innovations, LLC v. Intel Corporation, et al. (N.D. California): Lead trial counsel for defendant/intervenor Intel Corporation

  • Williamson v. AT&T Corporation (Delaware): Trial counsel for plaintiff Trustee of At Home Bonholders’ Liquidating Trust (trade secret case)

Prior Positions

  • Senior Partner, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP

  • Managing Principal, Fish & Richardson P.C., Houston office

  • Partner, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP

  • Partner, Pennie & Edmonds LLP

  • Associate, Pennie & Edmonds LLP

  • Law Clerk for Hon. R. Kenton Musgrave, United States Court of International Trade

  • Law Clerk for Hon. William H. Billings, Chief Judge, Missouri Supreme Court

Education

  • Columbia University School of Engineering, M.S. Electrical Engineering, 1994

  • University of Missouri, J.D., 1990

  • University of Chicago, B.S. Mathematics, 1984

Court Admissions

  • United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

  • United States District Court for the Western District of Texas

  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

  • United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York

  • United States District Court for the Northern District of California

  • State of New York

  • State of Texas

  • State of Missouri (inactive)

  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

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