Professional experience
Thomas H. Reger II is a Principal in the Dallas office of Fish & Richardson P.C. His practice emphasizes intellectual property litigation, as well as patent prosecution, trademark disputes, opinion work, and other high-tech litigation such as that involving data theft and software-related issues.

Mr. Reger also participated in the Lawyer on Loan program through the Dallas County District Attorneys office. During his tenure as an Assistant District Attorney, he picked the jury in or led the prosecution of more than 15 jury trials.

In addition to his litigation experience, Mr. Reger has technical experience as a self-employed software consultant and software engineer (1994-2001). He is well-versed in many widely used operating systems and hardware platforms (including Windows, UNIX, and Linux) and experienced in many computer languages (including Java, C, C++, SQL, HTML, XML, UML, COBOL, and Assembler), database platforms and schemas (such as relational, B-tree), and algorithm analysis.

Litigation examples
Touchcom Technologies Inc v. Dresser, Inc. (E.D. Tex. 2005) Obtained summary judgment of patent invalidity for Dresser in software patent infringement suit with damages alleged to exceed $30 mil. Case subsequently resolved favorably in lieu of appeal.

DeepNines Inc. v. McAfee Inc. (E.D. Tex. 2006) Representing plaintiff DeepNines on patent involving network security; obtained a jury verdict of $18 Million on direct infringement, induced infringement, and contributory infringement, as well as false marking.

TronTech Licensing Incorporated v. Uniden America Corporation (E.D. Tex. 2006) After invalidating 8 claims based on indefiniteness at Markman hearing, obtained favorable settlement for Uniden in patent infringement suit involving cordless telephone answering machine technology.

Landmark Graphics Corp. et al. v. Paradigm Geophysical Corp. et al. (S.D. Tex., Houston Division 2006) Obtained favorable settlement for plaintiffs in patent infringement litigation involving 3D seismic imaging, while defending against breach of contract, trade secret, and other counterclaims.

SaniJet Corp. v. BeautyMall Ltd. et al. (N.D. Tex., Dallas Division 2006) Argued claim construction hearing before Judge Furgeson and obtained favorable settlement for Beauty Mall in patent infringement litigation involving pipeless spa jet technology.

Data Treasury Corporation v. Bank of America Corporation and Bank of America, National Association (E.D. Tex. 2005 and 2006) Representing Bank of America in patent cases involving check imaging. Case pending.

Choicepoint Public Records v. Seisint et al. (Circuit Court of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Palm Beach County, 2002) Represented Seisint against breach of contract, trade secret, and other allegations involving data brokerage software and related data.

DiscLink v. Avid Technology, Inc and Corel Corporation (E.D. Tex. 2007) Represented Avid Technology and Corel in a patent infringement suit by Acacia subsidiary involving portable read-only-media.

Blumenau v. Avid Technology, Inc. (N.D. Tex. 2007) Obtained favorable settlement for Avid Technology in patent infringement litigation involving audiovisual data editing environment manipulating symbols or icons representing individual transformation processes.

Constellation IP, LLC v. Travelocity.com, LP and Sabre Holdings Corporation (E.D. Tex. 2006) and Constellation IP, LLC v. Avis Budget LLC (E.D. Tex. 2007) Obtained dismissal for Sabre and favorable settlements for Travelocity and AvisBudget by defending patent infringement suits concerning an electronic, customized, presentation system that creates a visual impression characteristic that the customer associates with the seller.

Orion IP, LLC v. Isuzu Motors America, Inc. (E.D. Tex. 2007) Obtained a favorable settlement for Isuzu in patent infringement suit concerning an electronic proposal preparation system patent and a computer assisted part sales method patent.

Presentations and Papers
“Current and Recurrent Ethical Issues in Intellectual Property Practice”, keynote speaker at University of Texas' 10th Annual Intellectual Property Symposium hosted by Texas Intellectual Property Law Journal (February 6, 2009).

Co-authored “Intellectual Property Issues On The Internet” for Helping Your Clients With eCommerce And The Internet 2001.

Bar admissions
Admitted to the bar in Texas, and admitted to practice before the Federal Circuit and the United States District Court for the Eastern, Northern, Southern, and Western Districts of Texas. Registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Additional information
Named a "Texas Rising Star" by Texas Monthly 2005 and 2006.
Commissioned into the U.S. Army Reserves in December 1995.