AZA’s IP group tackles clients’ most complex patent infringement disputes. We excel at explaining highly technical concepts to judges and juries nationwide—regardless of industry or technology. That’s why Chambers USA and IAM Patent 100 consistently rank AZA as a top intellectual property litigation firm.

Chambers USA calls AZA a “respected Houston-based litigation boutique with notable expertise advising clients involved in high-stakes IP disputes” and a firm with “particular expertise handling complex patent infringement litigation, including at trial, for clients from a wide range of industries.” IAM Patent 100 writes: “AZA is perfectly in step with its clients’ objectives, works relentlessly to achieve them, and has a superb track record of trial wins to show for it.”

We have the technical know-how and courtroom experience to take the most complex intellectual property cases to trial—and win.

AZA’s IP group represent clients—including contingency plaintiffs—in a wide variety of industries and across a wide spectrum of technologies:

• Telecommunications
• Digital Security
• Digital Media
• OLED Displays
• Semiconductors/Chipsets
• Financial Services
• Internet Communications
• Mobile Devices (Hardware & Software)
• Medical Devices
• Oil & Gas/Oilfield Services

Examples of our work:

• We represent Acer Inc. in standards essential patent litigation against the major U.S. wireless carriers, AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile.
• We won a $78.5 million jury verdict on behalf of client Anonymous Media Research Holdings in a patent infringement suit against Samsung relating to automatic content recognition in Samsung Smart TVs in the Eastern District of Texas.
• We represent NeoLayer LLC in cases against international display makers Samsung and AsusTek for infringement of Neolayer’s foundational OLED display patents in the Eastern District of Texas.
• We represent Autoscribe Corp. in ongoing litigation in Northern District of Georgia and Delaware against multiple infringers of Autoscribe’s patents covering technology for facilitating secure online payments. AZA has also negotiated numerous licenses as part of an ongoing licensing campaign.
• We successfully took over the defense of Sesame, Inc. against patent-infringement claims brought by MDSave in the District of Delaware related to telehealth technology. On the eve of a hearing to invalidate all six of MDSave’s asserted patents, AZA negotiated for a complete dismissal of the case.
• We represented an inventor of mobile app development and testing technology in patent infringement suits brought in the Eastern District of Texas against two of the nation’s largest banks and successfully obtained two significant settlements after winning the Markman hearing and pursuing summary judgment on the banks’ invalidity defenses.
• On behalf of client NexTier Oilfield Solutions, who was being sued for patent infringement by DynaEnergetics in the Western District of Texas, we successfully invalidated all asserted claims at the PTAB.