Education

J.D., with Honors, The University of Texas School of Law, 2003. Order of the Coif.
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2000.

Court Admissions

State of Texas
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
The U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Bar Admissions

State Bar of Texas

Luke McLeroy

Associate

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Luke McLeroy is an Associate in the Dallas office of McKool Smith with a practice concentrating on intellectual property and complex business litigation. Luke is also a registered patent attorney.

His patent litigation experience includes a multimillion-dollar jury verdict in favor of his client, pending final judgment and appeal. He has also represented one of the world’s largest telecommunications companies in a complex, multi-venue dispute involving more than 50 patents.

Representative Matters

VirnetX. Luke represents VirnetX in VirnetX v. Microsoft, a patent infringement lawsuit related to virtual private networks. The case resulted in a multimillion-dollar verdict in favor of VirnetX following a six-day trial after jurors found that Microsoft willfully infringed two VirnetX patents.

Ericsson. Luke represented Ericsson in Ericsson v. Samsung, patent litigation involving more than 50 standards-essential patents with simultaneous proceedings pending in the Eastern District of Texas, the International Trade Commission, and foreign courts. . The parties reached a confidential settlement agreement shortly before trial.

i2 Technologies. Luke represented i2 Technologies in i2 Technologies v. SAP, patent litigation related to supply chain management software. SAP settled shortly after the Markman hearing with a multimillion-dollar payment to i2.

Nortel Networks. Luke represented Nortel Networks in Ciena v. Nortel Networks, patent litigation related to the parties’ telecommunications and data networking products. The parties reached a confidential settlement agreement shortly before trial.

Holly Corp. Luke represented Holly Corp in Frontier Oil v. Holly, litigation resulting from the parties’ failed merger agreement. After a two-week bench trial, the Delaware Chancery Court absolved Holly of all wrongdoing.

Professional Activities

Luke is a member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association, the Dallas Bar Association, the Dallas Young Lawyers Association, and the American Bar Association.

Awards & Recognition

Luke was named a Rising Star by Texas Monthly Magazine in 2007, 2008, and 2010. During law school, Luke received the Robert S. Strauss Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law, was twice awarded Dean’s Achievement Awards, and was a member of the Order of the Coif. As an undergraduate, Luke was a National Merit Scholar and a President’s Endowed Scholar.

Recent Matters

Ericsson v. Samsung – Global Litigation