Joseph S Grinstein

Susman Godfrey - Texas

Partner

1000 Louisiana, Suite 5100
Houston, TX 77002

+1 713 653 7824

Litigation Star


Practice area:

Commercial
Intellectual property


Joe Grinstein handles cases in every corner of the country. He combines a passion for getting on his feet before judges and juries with the work ethic necessary to master the facts and the law before “showtime.” Major litigation wins include:

  • Atlas Global Technologies v. TP-Link Technologies Co. Won a $37.5 million verdict for Atlas Global Technologies in its patent infringement case against Chinese telecom equipment manufacturer TP-Link.
  • Finesse Wireless v. AT&T Mobility and Nokia of America Corporation. Won a $166.3 million jury verdict on behalf of client Finesse Wireless LLC against AT&T Mobility LLC and Nokia Corporation of America over patent infringement claims relating to wireless networks. The jury delivered the verdict after three hours of deliberation following a week-long trial in the Eastern District of Texas. The Court later entered judgment in favor of Finesse for more than $181 million.
  • Waymo v. Uber. Represented Uber in one of the most prominent IP trials in years. The case involved allegations that Uber had misappropriated Waymo trade secrets and infringed Waymo patents relating to self-driving car technology. The lawsuit attracted attention around the world, and the trial was covered by an army of journalists and tech bloggers. The case settled during the first week of trial, in the middle of Grinstein’s cross-examination of Waymo’s lead technical witness.
  • DataQuill Ltd. v. ZTE USA Inc. Won a $31.5 million jury verdict on behalf ofDataQuill Ltd. in a patent case over allegations that ZTE (USA) Inc. infringed two DataQuill patents relating to smartphone technologies.
  • PACT Technologies XPP, AG v. Xilinx, Inc. et al. Obtained a $15.4 million verdict on behalf of PACT XPP Technologies, AG, over allegations that Xilinx, Inc. and Avnet, Inc. had infringed two of PACT’s patents via their sale of certain Xilinx-branded Field Programmable Gate Array devices. The Court later entered judgment in favor of PACT for more than $44 million.
  • UniRAM Technology v. TMSC. Obtained a $30.5 million jury verdict on behalf of UniRAM Technology, Inc. in a trade secrets case. UniRAM alleged that defendant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. had misappropriated UniRAM’s trade secrets regarding specialized computer memory devices known as embedded DRAM.

Joe graduated from Rice University with three majors, conferred summa cum laude. He received his law degree from Yale Law School, where he was Managing Editor of the Yale Law Journal and won the school’s mock trial competition. After law school, Joe clerked on the Fifth Circuit for the Hon. Patrick Higginbotham.

 


Updated Oct 2024