- Austin Office
- McKool Smith
- 300 W. 6th Street, Suite 1700
- Austin TX 78701
- TEL: 512.692.8738
- FAX: 512.692.8744
- ctolliver@mckoolsmith.com
Education
- J.D., Vanderbilt University Law School, 2000. Dean’s List, Moot Court Competition, Notes Editor and Writer, The Journal of Entertainment Law and Practice.
- B.S., University of Florida, Microbiology, 1995.
Court Admissions
- State of Texas
- The U.S. District Courts for the Western and Eastern Districts of Texas
- The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Craig Tolliver
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Craig Tolliver is a Principal in the Austin office of McKool Smith. Mr. Tolliver's practice focuses on patent litigation. Mr. Tolliver has represented clients in patent cases throughout the country involving a wide range of technology, including computer software, medical devices, electronic financial transactions, hard disk drives, computer memory, and other types of computer hardware.
Representative Matters
Rambus. Represent Rambus Inc. in patent infringement actions involving memory components, memory modules and memory controllers. Rambus Inc. v. Hynix Semiconductor Inc. et al. (N.D. Cal., pending), Hynix Semiconductor Inc. et al. v. Rambus Inc. (N.D. Cal., pending), and Rambus Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. et al. (N.D. Cal, pending)
MagSil & MIT. Representing MagSil and MIT in MagSil/MIT v. Seagate et al., a Delaware patent case concerning pioneering hard disk drive technology.
HNC Software, Inc. Represented HNC Software, Inc., in patent infringement action involving financial card fraud detection. HNC Software, Inc. v. PULSE EFT Association (S.D. Tex., settled).
Biometric Access Company. Represented Biometric Access Company in patent infringement action involving biometric identity verification and electronic financial transaction processing. Indivos Corporation v. Biometric Access Corporation (N.D. Cal., settled).
Previous experience:
Prior to joining McKool Smith, Mr. Tolliver practiced with Dewey Ballantine LLP and Brobeck, Phleger, and Harrison LLP.
Honorable Robert Holmes Bell, U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan. Summer intern, 1998. Conducted legal research and assisted in drafting opinions.
Professional Activities
Austin Intellectual Property Law Association
News
Articles
"Filling the Black Hole in Cyberspace: Legal Protections for Online Privacy," Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment Law & Practice (Spring 1999); Reprint, Texas Journal of Consumer Law, No. 2, Vol. 3 (1999).