We litigate every patent case as if it will be tried to a jury — because preparing to win at trial is what creates leverage long before trial ever arrives. From the first filing decision through the close of discovery, we select the right venue, patents, and defendants, build a focused factual record, and develop the trial themes and claim-construction positions that decide cases. By trial, complex technology has become a clear, compelling story, and defendants know they face a team ready and willing to see it through. That credibility drives stronger settlements and larger verdicts.
This approach has made RAK among the most successful plaintiff’s patent trial lawyers in the country. In 2024, our patent teams achieved jury verdicts of over $121 million against Amazon,
over $262 million against Western Digital,
and over $315 million in a separate case against Western Digital.
These were three of the ten largest patent damages verdicts of 2024. Our trial team also won one of the largest patent verdicts of 2025 against Samsung for more than $278 million,
and another jury verdict of $175 million against Verizon.
In past years, our lawyers have won jury trials against Apple, Google, ASUS, Samsung, LG, Microsoft, Hyundai and many others. We try cases against the most significant technology companies in the world with an outstanding record of success.
Our lawyers also have significant records of success before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and in defending against challenges to patents at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. At the Federal Circuit, RAK attorneys have won victories against numerous significant opponents, and RAK argued one of the only utility patent cases heard by the Court en banc in the last 10 years, EcoFactor v. Google.
At the PTAB, over approximately the last 10 years, RAK has handled over 400 IPR petitions. Nearly 80% of those petitions were resolved in the patent owner’s favor (RAK’s client), settled or were dismissed voluntarily, or resulted in a mixed outcome.
Our patent trial lawyers come from a wide range of top programs, including graduates of Illinois, Harvard, Stanford, Michigan, Georgetown, Berkeley, Columbia, USC, and UCLA. They include former patent examiners and former district and appellate court law clerks. They have diverse technical backgrounds in biology, computer science, engineering, biochemistry, physics, and mathematics.
