Brian P. Biddinger has joined the firm as a partner in its New York office from Ropes & Gray, where he was also a partner. Brian is an experienced trial lawyer who specializes in patent litigation matters in district court, in which he has tried cases across the country, the International Trade Commission, and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. He counsels clients whose businesses are in a variety of technical fields, including automotive, wireless communications, consumer products, video games, microprocessors, flash memory, and medical devices. He also has extensive experience representing clients in inter partes review and ex parte re-examination proceedings. He has argued multiple times before the PTAB and has particular expertise coordinating the successful use of patent office challenges with pending district court litigation.