Professional Biography

Ryan B. Hawkins Senior Counsel

  • San Diego

    D +1.858.720.5709

    F +1.858.720.5809

    San Diego

    11452 El Camino Real, Suite 300

    San Diego, CA 92130-2080

    +1.858.720.5709

    RHawkins@perkinscoie.com

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Overview

Experience

NFC Technology LLC v. HTC America, Inc. et al.

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Counsel for HTC America in patent litigation related to near field communications.

SyncPoint Imaging, LLC v. Nintendo of America Inc. et al

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Counsel for Nintendo in patent litigation related to optical tracking in computer presentation systems.

Immersion Corp. v. HTC Corporation, et al

International Trade Commission
U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
Representing HTC in a case related to software and hardware that provides haptic feedback in mobile devices.

LBS Innovations, LLC v. Aaron Brothers, Inc., et al.

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Successfully defended Adams Golf in patent litigation related to online store locators in which the plaintiff dropped all claims and issued a covenant not to sue for no money just weeks before trial was to commence.

LBS Innovations LLC v. BP America Inc., et al.

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Counsel for Microsoft, McDonald's, Starbucks, Target, Costco, U.S. Bank and others in patent litigation related to online store locators.

LBS Innovations, LLC v. Sally Beauty Supply LLC, et al.

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Counsel for Sally Beauty in patent litigation related to online store locators.

Microsoft Corp. et al v. GeoTag, Inc.

U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
Counsel for Microsoft in a one-patent case concerning geographic search engines; pending.

Graphics Properties Holdings Inc. v. HTC Corporation, et al

International Trade Commission
Counsel for HTC concerning four patents involving CPU architecture, floating point rasterization and frame buffering, and large area wide aspect ratio flat panel technologies.

Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co.

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
Represented 3rd party Intel Corp. in patent and trademark litigation related to mobile phones and tablets.

Ziplink, Inc. v. Microsoft Corp.

U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut
Represented Microsoft in patent litigation related to email filtering and security.

Apple Inc. v. HTC Corporation

International Trade Commission
U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
Defended HTC in actions in the International Trade Commission (ITC) and district court alleging infringement of twenty patents relating to operating systems and mobile handsets.

Honeywell v. Apple*

U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
Represented Samsung SDI in patent infringement case related to LCD modules. The court granted summary judgment of invalidity due to the on sale bar days before trial was set to begin. The summary judgment decision was affirmed on appeal to the Federal Circuit.

Konami Digital Entertainment Company v. Harmonix Music Systems Inc.*

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Represented Konami in a patent infringement matter in the Eastern District of Texas involving instrument-based video games.

ESPN v. Martin*

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
Defended ESPN and Walt Disney against allegations of copyright infringement.

 

* Prior Experience

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Bar and Court Admissions

  • California
  • Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Education

  • University of New Hampshire, Franklin Pierce Center for Intellectual Property, J.D., cum laude, 2007, Executive Editor, Pierce Law Review
  • Butler University, B.S., Computer Science, with honors, 2003