Keith A. Rutherford brings in-house legal experience along with his years of outside counsel experience to bear on solving clients’ problems. Clients’ trust in his years of outside counsel experience is reflected in the fact that he has handled cases where the alleged sales base at risk exceeded a billion dollars.
However, his understanding of client needs from his in-house experience has led in other cases to exploring cost-effective alternatives to, and early resolution of, litigation.
Keith’s focus on client success through the years has led to many long term relationships with many repeat engagements. Keith’s focus allows him to deliver low total cost of resolution in most litigation matters
Keith Rutherford has delivered success in:
adversarial matters
litigation as lead counsel
IPRs as lead counsel
pre-litigation conflict resolution
licensing/deal negotiations
leading IP due diligence
Keith further helps clients manage IP assets through:
setting an IP strategy
managing their patent portfolio
monetizing existing IP assets
Keith has run an annual golf tournament of law school classmates since 1990. Keith also enjoys telling stories of the adventures of two donkeys he has the pleasure of owning.
Experience:
Lead trial counsel defending Corel against Microsoft’s assertion of nine patents (four design).
Virtual in-house IP counsel for Polycom since 2003.
Lead counsel for ZTE in SEP patent litigation.
Lead counsel in six IPR hearings.
Won at jury trial in the Eastern District of Texas in Patent Harbor v. Funai.
Managed IP specific diligence in association with lead firms for clients, such as Polycom, McAfee, and Advent International.
Panel counsel for RPX for their insured customers.
EDUCATION:
The University of Texas at Austin, BS, with honors
University of Texas School of Law, JD, with honors
ADMISSIONS:
U.S. District Court – Northern District of Texas
Texas
U.S. District Court – Eastern District of Texas
U.S. District Court – Northern District of California
U.S. District Court – Northern District of Indiana
U.S. District Court – Southern District of Texas
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Cost
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