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Sam Deka

Sam Deka

Partner
San Francisco
About

Sam is a patent litigation trial lawyer with nearly 20 years of experience over a broad range of technologies, including pharmaceuticals, medical devices, semiconductors, optical networking, 3-D capture and display, hard disk drives, telecommunications, and cybersecurity.

In addition to his work on patent litigation matters, Sam has trial experience on commercial litigations and arbitrations, including cases involving trade secrets, antitrust, and royalty disputes. 

Sam is also a registered patent attorney with experience in Inter Partes Review (IPR) proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.

While in college, Sam gained technical research experience working at Lucent Technologies – Bell Labs.  While in law school, Sam worked for the in-house legal department of a semiconductor research and manufacturing company.

Areas of FocusIntellectual PropertyLitigation, Arbitration and InvestigationsPatent Litigation
Bar admissionsCaliforniaNew York
CourtsUnited States Court of Appeals for the Federal CircuitUnited States District Court for the Northern District of CaliforniaUnited States District Court for the Southern District of New York

EXPERIENCE

  • Counsel for a pharmaceutical company in patent litigations involving a treatment for rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
  • Counsel for a precision electromechanical component and assembly manufacturer in a patent litigation involving hard disk drive (HDD) suspension assemblies.
  • Counsel for an enterprise computer and internet security company in patent litigations involving mobile phone and computer security software. 
  • Counsel for a pharmaceutical company in patent litigations involving a treatment for chronic myeloid leukemia (CML).
  • Trial counsel for a pharmaceutical company in patent litigations and arbitrations involving a treatment for multiple sclerosis (MS).
  • Counsel for a pharmaceutical company in patent litigations involving a COX-2 inhibitor for use as a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID).
  • Counsel for a pharmaceutical company in patent litigations involving methods of DNA analysis and gene mapping.
  • Trial counsel for a video game system design and manufacturing company in a patent litigation involving stereoscopic (3-D) image capture and display technology.
  • Trial counsel for a pharmaceutical company in patent litigations involving a treatment for erectile dysfunction (ED).
  • Counsel for a defense and security company in a patent litigation involving multi-mode interference (MMI) waveguides, Mach-Zehnder interferometers, and related optical telecommunications technologies.
  • Counsel for a medical device company in a patent litigation involving spinal cord stimulation (SCS) systems.
Education
  • J.D., Temple University School of Law
  • B.S., Physics, Tulane University

Awards

  • BTI Client Service All-Star Attorney - 2018 and 2019

My latest insights

Publication

USPTO director’s decision highlights consequences of evidence suppression

19 September 2024 .4 minute read

Publication

Life sciences at the Federal Circuit – February 2024

8 March 2024 .4 minute read

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Phone

+1 415 615 6170
(Work, San Francisco)
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