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EDUCATION
Harvard Law School, (JD, 2011, cum laude)
University of Texas at Austin (BS, Electrical Engineering, 2008, with highest honors)
James Milkey is a partner at Russ August & Kabat, specializing in intellectual property litigation. James has represented clients in patent infringement and licensing disputes before federal courts and the United States International Trade Commission (ITC). James is also a registered patent attorney, and has represented clients in numerous post-grant proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB).
James’ litigation experience spans a variety of technologies, including Wi-Fi location, machine learning, semiconductor packaging, high-speed telecommunications, haptic feedback, and light-emitting diode technology.
James graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School, where he was the Executive Editor of the Harvard Journal of Law & Technology. He also received a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering with highest honors from the University of Texas at Austin. Prior to joining Russ August & Kabat, James was an associate at Irell & Manella LLP from 2011 to 2018, and a principal at Noroozi PC from 2019 to 2020.
Representative Matters
- Represented Lighting Science Group at the ITC against ten of the world’s largest LED lighting manufacturers, from pre-filing investigation to post-trial briefing.*
- Represented Lighting Science Group in inter partes review (IPR) proceedings involving patents asserted at the ITC. Obtained non-institution of four out of five IPR petitions filed against Lighting Science’s LED packaging patents.*
- Represented Invensas Corp. in action for infringement of semiconductor packaging patents. During depositions of defendant’s 30(b)(6) and expert witnesses, James obtained key admissions regarding representativeness of accused products and opposing expert’s failure to establish priority date of alleged prior art. Case settled favorably shortly after expert depositions.*
- Represented Rockstar Consortium in a range of PTAB, infringement, and declaratory judgment actions involving patents acquired from the estate of Nortel Networks. The cases were settled for a value approaching $1B.*
*Representation occurred prior to joining Russ August & Kabat.