Leslie Spencer is a trial litigator with over 20 years of experience handling patent infringement disputes. She represents clients in federal court as well as the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). Ms. Spencer is a registered patent attorney whose matters cover technologies including computer software, encryption, network security and communications, semiconductors, autonomous systems, Fintech, medical devices and healthcare informatics. She also advises clients on intellectual property strategy, asset protection and transactions.
Representative matters include:
- Defending a leading consumer electronics company in a patent infringement action in the Western District of Texas (WDTX) related to encryption of digital identity data using a microprocessor identifier.
- Representing Cisco in multiple patent infringement actions in the Eastern District of Texas related to network security and communications .
- Representing a leading technology company in a patent infringement matter in the Southern District of New York related to telepresence technology.
- Represented Dolby Laboratories in action for declaratory judgment of non- infringe- ment, and related IPR proceedings, respecting ten digital rights management patents asserted against digital cinema equipment.
- Represented Lenovo in WDTX patent infringement action related to high-speed interconnects between computer modules.
Represented Cisco in WDTX patent infringement action related to network failure recovery techniques.
- Defended a major U.S. auto manufacturer in patent infringement litigation involving adaptive cruise control technology.
- Defended a leading technology company in a patent infringement case related to remote collection of exercise-related data.
- Defended a global information and communications technology company in an action alleging infringement of five patents directed to methods for user input and communication in mobile devices.
- Defended enterprise technology company in a patent infringement matter relating to databases for large language models.
- Defended a large bank holding company in multi-district litigation (MDL) involving assertion of integrated circuit and secure transaction patents against mobile banking. Also represented client in petition for Covered Business Method (CBM) review before Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Updated Aug 2024
