Brian A. E. Smith

Experience

Brian Smith is a leading patent trial lawyer with over 20 years of experience. His primary emphasis has and continues to be representing clients before district court and courts of appeal in complex patent cases involving a wide range of technologies including electronics, software, mechanics, biotechnology and internet search technology. Brian’s practice has also included complex business litigation including trade secret, antitrust and unfair competition litigation.

Brian has significant trial experience and has served as primary or co-lead counsel in numerous high stakes patent litigation matters in a variety of jurisdictions, including Texas, California, Illinois and Florida. He has served as primary or co-lead counsel in five jury trials in the Eastern District of Texas, winning all five of them – four plaintiff’s verdicts and one defense verdict. Brian also counsels companies on patent licensing and patent portfolio analysis.

Most recently, Brian was instrumental in helping obtain an $845 Million judgment for ASML in one of the largest trade secret victories in US history (see attached Daily Journal and The Recorder articles), resulting in the Bartko firm being ranked as Number 3 in the Top 100 Verdicts for 2018 - published by The National Law Journal (June, 2019) - and having the highest ranked intellectual property victory in the United States for 2018. See attached award from the National Law Journal.