Professional experience
Kevin Wheeler is an Associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Fish & Richardson. Mr. Wheeler's practice emphasizes patent litigation in the areas of electrical engineering and software. His litigation experience includes matters before federal district courts and the United States International Trade Commission. Mr. Wheeler’s experience includes managing multiple patents, taking and defending depositions, experts and expert reports, motion practice, claim construction, pre-hearing and post-hearing briefs, and third party subpoenas. In addition to his previous work as a Litigation Law Clerk and Summer Associate at Fish (2007-2008), Mr. Wheeler has further law firm experience as an IP law clerk (2005-2006), including prosecuting patents related to disc drive technology. Mr. Wheeler has technical experience as an Electrical Engineer for the Northrop Grumman Corporation (2004-2005).

Litigation examples

International Trade Commission Proceedings

Certain Liquid Crystal Display Devices and Products Containing the Same (337-TA-699) – Representing complainant Samsung Electronics against Sharp in investigation concerning LCD televisions and monitors.

Certain Electronic Devices Having Image Capture Or Display Functionality And Components Thereof (337-TA-672) – Representing complainant LG Electronics against Kodak in investigation concerning digital cameras implementing display functionality and auto focus functionality.

Certain Computer Products, Computer Components and Products Containing Same (USITC 337-TA-628) - Represented respondent ASUS against IBM in investigation concerning products implementing power supplies, variable speed fans, and Network Address Port Translation. ASUS prevailed on all claims after full hearing on merits. The ALJ’s decision was affirmed by the Commission.

Certain Baseband Processor Chips and Chipsets, Transmitter and Receiver (Radio) Chips, Power Control Chips, and Products Containing Same, Including Cellular Telephone Handsets (USITC 337-TA-543) - Represented intervenor, LG Electronics Mobilecomm USA, in investigation involving baseband processor chips, which are components of cellular telephone handsets.

District Court Proceedings

LG, Electronics, Inc. v. Eastman Kodak Company (S.D. Cal.) – Representing LG Electronics in a patent litigation concerning digital cameras implementing display functionality and auto focus functionality.

International Business Machine Corp. v. Amazon.com, Inc. (E.D. Tex.) – Represented Amazon.com in a patent litigation concerning Amazon.com's popular Internet shopping website.

John B. Adrain v. Genetec, Inc.; PIPS Technology Inc.; ELSAG North America LLC; Platescan, Inc.; and The City of Plano, Texas (E.D. Tex.) – Represented PIPS Technology Inc. in a patent litigation concerning security monitoring technology.

Saxon Innovations, LLC v. Nokia Corp. et al. (E.D. Tex.) – Representing third party Cambridge Silicon Radio, Inc. concerning a subpoena directed to Bluetooth wireless technology.

Softvault v. Microsoft (E.D. Tex.) – Represented Microsoft in defending against patents directed to Digital Rights Management technology.

Bar admissions
Admitted to the bar in the District of Columbia, California, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, and the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.

Additional information
Member: ITC Trial Lawyers Association, Federal Circuit Bar Association, American Intellectual Property Law Association. National Institute of Trial Advocacy: Developing Deposition Skills Course (2009).