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Akin Offices
112 E. Pecan Street
Suite 1010
San Antonio, TX 78205-1512
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Daniel Moffett
Work Department
Partner; Intellectual Property
Position
Daniel L. Moffett’s practice encompasses all aspects of intellectual property (IP) procurement and protection, with a focus on complex patent, trade secret and trademark litigation. He has served as lead technical counsel in cases involving claims of patent infringement, antitrust violations and theft of trade secrets. He also has first-chair experience representing clients before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) in inter partes review proceedings. PTAB review, including the effect of PTAB decisions in district court proceedings, is a rapidly changing area affecting patent litigation. Daniel’s experience helps him provide clients with the best strategy for navigating parallel PTAB and district court proceedings. He represents a diverse group of clients, including clients in the medical device, biotechnology, animal genetics, digital communications, database software, Internet software, retail grocery, restaurant and entertainment industries. In addition to district court and patent office litigation, Daniel’s practice includes prosecution of trademark applications; licensing and assignment of patents, trademarks, copyrights and other intellectual property.
To learn more about Daniel, please visit his profile here: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/daniel-l-moffett.html
Education
J.D., University of Texas School of Law, with high honors, 2005
B.S., University of Texas at Austin, 2000
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
Akin’s patent litigation team are engaged in all major venues and demonstrates strength in the pharma and biotech industries. Its varied caseload includes Hatch-Waxman cases, IPR proceedings, and competitor disputes. Steven Maslowski, a life sciences patent specialist in Philadelphia, chairs the practice; Malowski’s notable roster of clients includes Johnson & Johnson and Boston Scientific. Also in Philadelphia, Matthew Pearson is a skilled litigator for life sciences patents, with a particular focus on biologics and antibody tech. Key attorneys in Washington DC include Cono Carrano, whose expertise spans semiconductors, computer and optics tech, and Rachel Elsby, who excels in business-critical life sciences cases. Meanwhile, Daniel Moffett, based in San Antonio, and Michael Kahn, based in New York, are experienced trial lawyers for patent infringement and misappropriated trade secret cases.
Lawyer Rankings
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- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Government > Government relations
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- International trade and national security > Trade remedies and trade policy
Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Industry focus > Education
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Industry focus > Native American law
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Government > Government contracts
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Finance > Project finance
- Real estate > Real estate
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Finance > Commercial lending > Advice to direct lenders/private credit
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Industry focus > Sport
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)