Education

J.D., with Honors, University of Texas School of Law, 2003. Order of the Coif, Phi Delta Phi.
B.S.E.E., Texas A&M University, 2000.

Court Admissions

State of Texas
The U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas

Bar Admissions

American Bar Association
Dallas Association of Young Lawyers

Bradley W. Caldwell

Associate

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Brad Caldwell is an Associate in the Dallas office of McKool Smith whose practice deals with patent litigation and complex commercial litigation.

During an externship from Texas A&M University, Mr. Caldwell worked for a year as an Electrical Engineer at the Central Intelligence Agency in Langley, Virginia. While at the CIA, he obtained a Top Secret security clearance and was awarded multiple merit-based citations.

While in law school, Mr. Caldwell received the Robert S. Strauss Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law and the Dean’s Achievement Award in Patent Litigation.

Representative Matters

VirnetX, Inc. Mr. Caldwell represented VirnetX in VirnetX, Inc. v. Microsoft Corp., a patent infringement action involving virtual private network technology. McKool Smith took over this lawsuit from another law firm near the close of discovery and readied the case for trial. The McKool Smith trial team, including Mr. Caldwell, won a jury verdict in favor of VirnetX that included findings of infringement, willful infringement, and validity for all asserted claims.

Medtronic, Inc. Mr. Caldwell has represented Medtronic Vascular in multiple patent infringement actions involving coronary catheterization, stent design, and drug-eluting stent technology pending in the Eastern District of Texas and in the District of New Jersey. In Medtronic, Inc. v. Boston Scientific Corp., Mr. Caldwell and others from McKool Smith won a jury verdict on behalf of Medtronic in a patent infringement lawsuit alleging infringement of Medtronic patents covering the design of balloon angioplasty catheters and polymers used to build those catheters. This lawsuit settled after judgment was entered by the district court.

Ericsson, Inc. Mr. Caldwell has represented Ericsson in multiple patent licensing and litigation matters.

American Airlines, Inc. Mr. Caldwell represents American Airlines in multiple patent litigation and licensing matters.

Affiliated Computer Services. Mr. Caldwell defended ACS in a patent infringement lawsuit brought by JPMorgan Chase in the District of Delaware, focusing on three stored-value card patents asserted by JPMorgan. Before the close of discovery, JPMorgan unilaterally dropped all three of those patents from the lawsuit in the face of compelling noninfringement, invalidity, and inequitable conduct defenses developed by Mr. Caldwell and his McKool Smith colleagues.

TGIP, Inc. Mr. Caldwell represented TGIP in a patent-infringement action against AT&T, MCI/Verizon, and others pertaining to point-of-sale activated calling cards. AT&T remained in the lawsuit through a jury trial, and verdict in favor of TGIP was awarded by that jury. The case settled favorably for TGIP while an appeal was pending.

Professional Activities

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers American Intellectual Property Law Association

Awards & Recognition

Named a Super Lawyers Rising Star by Texas Monthly Magazine in 2006, 2007, 2008, and in 2009 with a feature article, and named to D Magazine's Best Lawyers Under 40 list in 2006.