Education

J.D., University of Houston Law Center, 1976.
M.S.E.E., with Honors, University of Texas at Austin, 1967.
B.S.E.E., with Honors, Electrical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 1965.

Court Admissions

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

Bar Admissions

State Bar of Texas
Austin Bar Association

T. Gordon White

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Gordon White is a Principal in the Austin office of McKool Smith, where he has represented both plaintiff and defendants in patent litigation, especially as it relates to complex electrical technology, telecommunications, including computer hardware and computer software.

Representative Matters

Ericsson. Mr. White represented Ericsson in a patent infringement action, Ericsson v. Qualcomm, involving digital cellular telephony technology. Also in Digicom v. Ericsson and Ericsson v. IDC.

Samsung. In Samsung Electronics Co. v. Texas Instruments, Mr. White represented Samsung in a patent infringement action involving the design and modes of operation of computer memory chips. In Texas Instruments v. Samsung, et al., a case involving antitrust counterclaims, Mr. White handled the patent issues at the IP/antitrust interface of that litigation.

Baldor Electric Co. Represented Baldor Electric in Kollmorgen Corp. v. Baldor Electric Co., a patent infringement action regarding control systems for brushless motors; in Baldor Electric v. Alan W. Wilkerson, et al, a patent infringement action involving regeneration technology using motor generators; and in Cravens L. Wanlass et al. v. Baldor Electric, a patent infringement case regarding electric motors.

Newbridge Networks Corp. Mr. White represented Newbridge Network Corp. in a patent infringement action, Lucent Technologies, Inc. v. Newbridge Networks Corp. involving patents of package switching in telecommunication switching networks.

Parental Guide of Texas. Mr. White represented Parental Guide of Texas in its patent infringement action against the entire television manufacturing industry in Parental Guide of Texas v. Funai, et al. concerning the use of “V-Chip” technology.

Tiawianese Semiconductor Manufacturing Company. Represented TSMC in defense of patent infringement claims in the Lemelson Medical, Education & Research Foundation, Limited Partnership v. Intel, Cypress Semiconductor and TSMC, litigation involving claims of patent infringement by ion implanters and semiconductor integrated circuits.

Infineon Technologies, A.G. Represented Infineon Technologies, A.G. in Staktek Group, L.P. v. Infineon Technologies, A.G., a patent infringement action involving stacked high density memory packages.

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