Brock F. Wilson

Senior Counsel

Areas of Focus

Brock F. Wilson

Senior Counsel

bfwilson@akingump.com

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Biography
  • Represents clients in intellectual property (IP) disputes in U.S. district courts and at the International Trade Commission (ITC) and United States Patent and Trademark Office.
  • Represents clients in IP licensing negotiations.
  • Counsels clients on IP risks to businesses, products, and customers, on developing strategies for protecting ideas going to market, and on evaluating and valuing IP portfolios.
  • Technological background includes a master’s in electrical engineering and two undergraduate degrees in electrical engineering and computer engineering—with emphases in digital signal processing and intelligent information systems, including artificial intelligence, automatic content recognition, and audio and video coding.

Brock Wilson maintains a nationwide practice, with experience in all aspects of patent litigation, including claim construction, trials, appeals, and inter partes reviews.

Brock also has extensive experience assessing, valuing, and negotiating patent licenses in a wide array of technologies, including negotiating fair reasonable, and non-discriminatory (FRAND) terms for standard essential technologies.

He also advises clients on IP transactions involving acquisitions and divestitures and on purchase and supply agreements involving IP indemnity.

Brock represents clients in a broad range of digital, electrical, and mechanical arts, including:

  • Computer hardware and software
  • Wireless communications
  • Cloud data storage
  • Memory
  • Semiconductors
  • Smartphones
  • Smart speakers
  • Smart televisions
  • Automatic Content Recognition
  • Digital media players
  • Video casting
  • Video and audio encoders and decoders
  • LEDs
  • Computer security
  • Speech recognition
  • Social networking
  • Targeted advertising
  • Web-based business interfacing
  • Medical imaging
  • Medical devices
  • Nuclear fusion reactors
  • Laser systems
  • Aircraft engines and
  • Several standards, including HEVC, MPEG, AAC, ATSC, DLNA, Wi-Fi, and HDMI.
Representative Work
  • On behalf of VIZIO, successfully defended against two asserted patents in the ITC. Received an initial determination of no violation of any of the asserted patents. An appeal is ongoing.
  • Negotiated multiple licensing agreements on behalf of a major global television brand.
  • Represented a respondent electronics manufacturer in an ITC Section 337 proceeding initiated by another electronics manufacturer involving four U.S. patents.
  • Defended a multinational computer technology corporation against allegations of patent infringement.
  • Defended a digital television service provider in multiple patent infringement actions and appeals involving various aspects of direct broadcast satellite television technology.

Education
  • J.D., University of Florida College of Law, cum laude, 2006

  • M.E.E., University of Florida, 2003

  • B.S.E.E., University of Florida, cum laude, 2001

  • B.S., University of Florida, cum laude, 2001

Bar Admissions
  • California

  • District of Columbia

  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Affiliations and Public Service
  • Director of Orange County Intellectual Property Law Association.

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