Bert Greene

Bert Greene’s practice is focused on the enforcement and procurement of intellectual property rights, with a primary emphasis on patent litigation. Mr. Greene’s patent litigation clients have included large and small technology companies, energy and chemical companies, and retailers in cases involving a diverse array of technologies.

He also has experience with handling patent validity trials (IPRs/CBMs) before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He also has experience with patent prosecution, opinion work, and portfolio management, primarily in the chemical engineering, chemistry and mechanical fields.

Mr. Greene has experience with handling all phases of patent litigation, including written discovery and document production, fact and expert witness depositions, Markman briefings and hearings, dispositive motion briefing and hearings, trials, appeals and mediation/settlement.

He has represented both patent holders and accused infringers in numerous federal jurisdictions across the country, including the Eastern District of Texas, the District of Delaware, the Eastern District of Virginia, the Western District of Wisconsin, the Southern District of California, and the Central District of California.

Mr. Greene also has experience with handling all phases of patent validity trials before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Mr. Greene’s litigation clients have included large and small technology companies, energy and chemical companies, and retailers in cases involving a diverse array of technologies, including wired and wireless networking, power-over-ethernet, wireless telecommunication networks, e-commerce systems, geographic information systems, middleware, video security systems, computer graphics, computer hardware, biofuel production, chemical and petrochemical processing, and DNA analysis.

In addition to patent litigation, he also has experience with handling all phases of copyright, trademark and trade secret litigation. Mr. Greene also has experience with patent prosecution, opinion work, and portfolio management, primarily in the chemical engineering, chemistry, and mechanical fields.

In addition to his patent litigation experience, he has handled numerous pro bono cases on behalf of asylum applicants in US immigration court. Mr. Greene also tried over twenty jury trials to verdict as a Deputy Prosecutor for the City of Austin as part of the attorney loan program.

Representative Matters:

• Defended one of the world’s foremost oil and gas companies in related patent infringement cases in the District of Delaware and Eastern District of Texas; team obtained dismissal of case against that defendant at the pleading stage.
• Defended a major retailer in numerous patent infringement cases in the Eastern District of Texas and the Southern District of California; technology at issue ranged from e-commerce systems to video security systems; team obtained summary judgment of patent invalidity on behalf of the client in one of the cases.
• Defended a networking and communications equipment manufacturer in numerous patent infringement cases in the Eastern District of Texas and the District of Delaware; technology at issue ranged from power-over-ethernet to IP gateways.
• Defended a mobile phone service provider in a patent infringement case in the Eastern District of Texas that involved wireless telecommunication networks.
• Defended a small technology company in a patent infringement case in the Central District of California that involved geographic information systems.

Education:

• University of Texas School of Law, J.D., with honors, 2004
• University of Texas at Austin, B.S., Chemical Engineering, with highest honors, 1998

Admissions:

• Texas
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Experience:

• Duane Morris LLP, – Partner, 2017-present
• Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, – Partner, 2013-2017

Professional Activities:

• State Bar of Texas
• Austin Bar Association
• Austin Intellectual Property Law Association
• Austin IP Inn of Court