Andy Rosbrook
Senior Counsel
arosbrook@akingump.com
Areas of Focus
- Patent Litigation
- Inter Partes Review
- Trade Secret Litigation
- IP Transactions
- Intellectual Property
- Antitrust Litigation
- Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
- Autonomous Systems & Advanced Mobility
- Health Care & Life Sciences
- Life Sciences Intellectual Property
- Technology
- Trademark, Copyright & Media Litigation
Biography
- Concentrates his practice on intellectual property (IP) and complex patent litigation in particular.
Andy has represented clients in every phase of litigation in federal court, from pre-suit investigations through post-verdict motions. Andy is an experienced trial lawyer who has served as counsel in cases involving:
- Patent infringement
- Theft of trade secrets
- Breaches of confidentiality
- Antitrust violations.
Andy advises his clients in all aspects of IP litigation, including:
- Cross-examination of witnesses at trial
- Taking and defending key depositions
- Summary judgment proceedings
- Claim construction
- Post-trial motions.
In addition to district court litigation, Andy’s practice includes prosecuting trademark applications, licensing software and IP and counseling clients regarding IP matters.
His clients span industries with diverse technologies, including database software, animal genetics and wireless networking.
Representative Work
- Representing an agricultural biotechnology firm in the Western District of Wisconsin, where the client asserted claims of patent infringement and trade secret misappropriation, while simultaneously defending against claims that the client’s patent acquisition practices violate antitrust laws.
- Enforcing a portfolio of 10 patents in the District of Colorado against a licensee who violated the terms of the license agreement with the client, while simultaneously defending against claims of patent misuse and anticompetitive conduct.
- Defending one of the nation’s largest wireless carriers against claims of infringement for patents involving secure access to protected networks.
- Enforcing IP rights against a client’s former employees who used the client’s patents and trade secrets to develop a competing product.
- Defending in arbitration against a claim of underpayment of patent royalties.
EducationJ.D., University of Texas School of Law, with honors, 2009
B.S., University of Texas at Austin, 2005
J.D., University of Texas School of Law, with honors, 2009
B.S., University of Texas at Austin, 2005
Bar AdmissionsTexas
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Texas
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Recognitions
- The Legal 500 US, Patents: Litigation (Full Coverage), 2022.
- Euromoney, Expert Guides: Rising Stars, United States – Intellectual Property, 2020.
