Jerry Tice

Jerry Tice is a trial lawyer with a focus on complex patent infringement litigation. Jerry’s practice involves a diverse range of technologies, including telecommunication systems, wireless networking, GPS technology, display hardware and software, power circuitry, video encoding, computer hardware and software, semiconductor technology, and mechanical arts.

Jerry has substantial experience litigating patent infringement cases in federal district courts throughout the country and before the International Trade Commission (ITC). As a registered patent attorney, Jerry appears often before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) in inter partes review proceedings. He also prosecuted patents before the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO).

Year joined firm: 2023

• VideoLabs, Inc. v. Dell Technologies Inc., 6:21-cv-456-ADA (W.D. Tex.); IPR 2022-00628; IPR 2022-00629; IPR 2022-00701 VideoLabs comprises a team of experts in video technology and patent licensing and aggregation. VideoLabs proactively identifies, evaluates, and acquires valuable patents in video technology. The asserted patents are core to the H.264 video compression standard that is used in many digital videos. At the PTAB, Jerry successfully defended against three inter partes review petitions filed by Dell against VideoLabs patents related to video coding. In all three IPRs, the PTAB denied institution on the merits, finding there was not a reasonable likelihood that Dell could prove the patents were invalid. In the patent infringement case, Jerry managed the technical aspects of the case, working closely with VideoLabs’ experts, and led the team’s brief-writing efforts.
• Secure Wi-Fi LLC v. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., 2-24-cv-00047 (E.D. Tex.); IPR2024-01366; IPR2024-01367; IPR2024-01368; IPR2024-01369 Secure Wi-Fi sued Samsung in federal district court for infringing three patents related to methods for increasing security in wireless networks, such as Wi-Fi networks. Samsung responded by filing four petitions for inter partes review against those three patents. As lead counsel, Jerry and the Secure Wi-Fi team defeated all of Samsung’s IPRs. Trial in the federal case is scheduled for November 2025. Jerry will lead and manage all technical aspects of the trial.
• Relink US LLC v. Tesla Inc., 3:25-cv-03365 (N.D. Cal.), after transfer from 1:23-cv-01093-DII (W.D. Tex.); IPR 2024-00389 Relink is a Texas company created by Paul Garrity, a prolific inventor in the fields of solar and energy technologies, who has worked to develop and commercialize products in the fields. Relink sued Tesla for infringing a patent related to power flow in a solar-powered grid. Tesla responded by filing an inter partes review petition at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. At the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, Jerry successfully defended against Tesla’s IPR. The PTAB denied institution, finding there was not a reasonable likelihood that Tesla could prove Relink’s patent was invalid.
• Identitii Ltd. v. JPMorgan Chase & Co., 1:23-cv-01095-GBW (D. Del.); IPR 2024-00590; IPR 2024-00593 Identitii owns two patents related to blockchain technology. Identitii sued JPMorgan Chase for infringing those patents. JPMorgan Chase responded by filing two inter partes review petitions. Jerry successfully defended against JPMorgan Chase’s IPRs when the PTAB denied institution in both IPRs, finding there was not a reasonable likelihood that JPMorgan Chase could prove Identitii’s patents were invalid.

• Dispute resolution
• Intellectual property

• Technology and telecommunications

• J.D., Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law, 2014
• B.S., Electrical Engineering, magna cum laude, Texas A&M University, 2011

• Texas, 2014