Keith B. Davis

As a native Texan, Keith Davis has spent more than 20 years leading high-stakes patent, trade secret, and copyright lawsuits in Texas courts and in other leading IP jurisdictions nationwide.

Keith's patent cases have involved diverse technologies, including cellular and wireless systems (CDMA, GSM, UMTS, LTE, WiFi, and ZigBee), semiconductor devices and manufacturing, optical networks, DRAM (dynamic random access memory) and flash memories, processors and computing, lighting control systems, video and image processing, analytics and database systems, encryption, and smart meters. Representative clients include Xilinx, Qualcomm, SOLiD, SAS Institute, Western Digital, Kyocera, IBM, Huawei, Motorola, Freescale, and Texas Instruments. Keith's experience also includes standards-setting organizations (SSOs), standards-essential patents (SEPs), and FRAND (fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory) commitments.

Keith also has asserted and defended against trade secret and Computer Fraud and Abuse Act claims involving flow control pumps, railcars, web portals, and semiconductor metrology.

Keith is ranked by Chambers USA and has been in the Barbara M.G. Lynn IP Inn of Court. He has presented to the State Bar of Texas, the Dallas Bar Association, the Eastern District of Texas Bench Bar Conference, and other legal and industry trade groups. He was an adjunct professor at the University of Texas Law School from 2013 to 2015, teaching strategies for intellectual property enforcement. Keith has independently studied artificial intelligence, deep learning, robotics, autonomous vehicles, and blockchain.

Before joining Jones Day, Keith worked in industry as an electrical engineer for LSI Logic, Raytheon Systems, and Lucent Technologies on cellular baseband processors and switching power supplies.

Experience

Qualcomm defends Apple's patent infringement claims relating to processor power saving techniquesJones Day defended Qualcomm Incorporated against Apple, Inc.'s allegations that Qualcomm's Snapdragon processors – CPU/GPU/Baseband Modem System on Chip – infringe a number of Apple's patents directed to power saving techniques for use in processors.

Hanwha Techwin obtains dismissal of patent infringement claims related to camera imaging modulesJones Day successfully defended Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd. from patent infringement claims related to two patents on the design of imaging modules for optics and cameras.

SOLiD defeats patent infringement claims in U.S., UK, and Germany over DAS equipment for 5G technologyJones Day successfully represented SOLiD, Inc. in multi-jurisdictional patent litigation proceedings brought by a competitor who alleged that client's leading Distributed Antenna System ("DAS") solutions infringe claims of six patents (two European and four U.S.).

Ability Opto-Electronics resolves patent infringement dispute relating to computer camera lensesJones Day defended Taiwan-based Ability Opto-Electronics Technology Co., Ltd. in a patent infringement lawsuit filed by its competitor Largan Precision Co., Ltd., in a case relating to optical lens systems for cameras and computers.

NEC defends against patent infringement lawsuit relating to ten telecommunications network systems patentsJones Day is defending NEC Corporation in a litigation brought by Far North Patents, LLC in the Eastern District of Texas, in which the plaintiff is accusing NEC's telecommunications network management systems of infringing ten patents covering an array of networking related technologies.

Banks resolve patent cases brought by Caselas involving credit card productsJones Day represented First Community Bancshares, Guaranty Bank & Trust, and Broadway National Bank in three related patent infringement cases brought by Caselas, LLC against local community banks

Hikvision USA wins dismissal with prejudice in multi-defendant patent infringement suitJones Day successfully obtained a voluntary dismissal with prejudice and award of costs on behalf of Hikvision USA, Inc. in a patent infringement case relating to security surveillance technology.

Qualcomm sues Apple for patent infringement on inventions for power saving techniques for mobile devicesJones Day represented Qualcomm Incorporated against Apple Inc. in a patent infringement lawsuit relating to power saving techniques for mobile devices.

Qualcomm sues Apple for patent infringement over pioneering smartphone technologyJones Day represented Qualcomm Incorporated against Apple Inc. in a patent infringement lawsuit relating to breakthrough smartphone technologies.

Qualcomm pursues patent infringement claims against Apple relating to non-standard-essential patents for mobile electronic devicesJones Day represented Qualcomm Incorporated against Apple Inc. in a patent infringement lawsuit regarding non-standard-essential patents for mobile electronic devices.

Seiko Epson resolves patent infringement dispute involving wi-fi capable consumer electronicsJones Day represented Seiko Epson Corporation and its subsidiary, Epson Precision Philippines, Inc., in defense of a patent infringement action brought by American Patents LLC.

Sensus defends against patent infringement claims brought by IP Co. over smart grid technologyJones Day is defending Sensus USA, Inc. and Sensus Metering Systems, Inc. in a patent infringement case related to smart grid power technology.

Western Digital and SanDisk resolve multi-patent case related to NAND flash semiconductor devices and manufacturing processesJones Day represented defendants Western Digital Corporation and SanDisk LLC in a multi-patent case related to semiconductor devices and manufacturing processes.

Dialight defends patent claims brought by Gestion ProcheJones Day is defending Dialight Corporation in a patent action brought by Gestion Proche, Inc. relating to LED devices.

Kyocera defends against alleged patent infringement relating to telecommunications standardsJones Day defends Kyocera Communications, Inc. against accusations that its cell phones infringe a patent allegedly relating to 3G telecommunications standards.

SAS Institute's patent infringement victory at District Court affirmed by Federal CircuitA cross-office, cross-practice Jones Day litigation team successfully defended SAS Institute, Inc. and DataFlux Corp. ("SAS") in patent-infringement litigation in the Eastern District of Texas and on appeal before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, by obtaining a summary judgment—and a Federal Circuit affirmance—that its opponent's patent claims were invalid under 35 U.S.C § 112 ¶ 2.

IBM defends against patent infringement charges relating to data management on computer networksJones Day represented defendant IBM in a patent infringement case relating to management of data caching on computer networks.

VIPA USA defends multi-patent case related to industrial motion control and automation systemsJones Day defended VIPA USA, Inc., a subsidiary of Yaskawa Europe GmbH, in a multi-patent case related to industrial motion control and automation systems.

Sensus defends against patent infringement claims brought by EON Corp. involving smart grid technologyJones Day represented Sensus USA, Inc. and Sensus Metering Systems, Inc. in a patent infringement action related to smart grid power technology.

Sensus defends against SIPCO's patent infringement claims over smart grid technologyJones Day defended Sensus USA, Inc. in a patent infringement case related to smart grid power technology.

Huawei gets patent infringement claims by SmartPhone Technologies dismissedJones Day defended Huawei Device USA, Inc. against patent infringement claims in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in an eight patent case involving telecommunications systems and device patents.

SanDisk fends off against patent infringement claims by Texas MP3 Technologies relating to MP3 playersJones Day represented SanDisk Corporation in a patent litigation related to MP3 players.

Kakao obtains dismissal of patent infringement action relating to teleconferencing technologyAfter filing a motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction for Korea-based Kakao Corporation in a patent infringement action involving two patents relating to teleconferencing technology, Jones Day obtained dismissal of the action with prejudice.

Kakao patent infringement action relating to voice messaging technology successfully dismissedJones Day successfully defended Kakao Corporation in a patent infringement action involving five patents relating to voice messaging technology.

SanDisk prevails in patent infringement case involving integrated circuit chipsJones Day represented SanDisk Corporation in two patent infringement actions involving nine patents relating to integrated circuit chips.

CenterPoint Energy obtains voluntary dismissal of allegations of patent infringement after identifying strong non-infringement arguments before discovery phaseOn behalf of CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC, Jones Day obtained a voluntary dismissal of a patent infringement lawsuit after identifying strong non-infringement arguments before discovery started in the case.

Freescale defends patent infringement claims by Stragent involving network processorsJones Day defended Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. in a patent infringement suit generally relating to architectures for network processors.

Beckman Coulter defends against patent infringement action related to computer sales systemsJones Day represented Beckman Coulter, Inc. in a patent infringement action related to computerized sales systems. The case settled.

Motorola settles patent infringement suit with Zoltar involving self-locating cellular GPS technologyJones Day defended Motorola, Inc. against allegations of infringing patents relating to self-locating cellular telephone technology.

Freescale resolves patent licensing matters related to DRAM memory technologiesJones Day represented Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. in patent licensing matters related to DRAM memory technologies.

IBM conducts ex parte reexamination of U.S. Patent Nos. 7,017,013; 7,039,767; and 7,111,129Jones Day represents International Business Machines Corporation in an ex parte reexamination of U.S. Patent Nos. 7,017,013; 7,039,767; and 7,111,129.

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November 4, 2022
SAS NPE Forum - Universities and Non-Practicing Entities
July 18, 2019
State Bar of Texas Advanced Patent Litigation Seminar - Recent Developments in Patent Antitrust Law: Standards Essential Patents, FRAND, and Other Issues
October 6, 2016
FRONTEO - U.S. IP Litigation for Japanese Companies: Litigating in the Eastern District of Texas, Plus Discovery and Recent Procedural Issues
November 4, 2015
Patent Damages Roundtable - FRAND Rates and Damages in Telecommunications and Essential Standards Cases
March 23, 2015
Dallas Bar Association Computer Law Section - Back to the Future! The Current State of Telecommunications and Smartphone Patent Litigation
June 31, 2013
State Bar of Texas IP Section - Smartphone Wars: Past, Present and Future
Fall 2012
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Local Chapter - The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act
August 9, 2012
Patent Issue Forum with David Kappos of the USPTO - Trade Secrets

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