David L. Alberti

Partner

contact

650.825.4300 x104
dalberti@krameralberti.com

David is a trial lawyer focused on intellectual property litigation in district court, patent office and International Trade Commission proceedings. He has managed and worked on highly complex cases involving wide-ranging, including computer architecture and software, encryption technology, wireless communications, wireless devices, microprocessor and memory technology, storage networks and systems, semiconductor fabrication technology and software, mechanical and electromechanical technologies, consumer electronics, optical systems, automotive systems and components, among others. In 2023, Dave was selected as among the top 50 best performing and most active patent litigation attorneys in the United States, according to Patexia’s 2023 Patent Litigation Intelligence Report, for his work during the period 2017 through 2022.  He was also ranked within the top 50 best performing attorneys in the country representing patent owners in IPR in the Patent Office.

David has experience in all aspects of patent litigation, licensing and monetization, including district court and appellate litigation, arbitrations, due diligence and valuation of patent portfolios for litigation, licensing and acquisition, and patent office proceedings including inter partes review (IPR) trials.

David has over 24 years of experience in patent litigation, licensing and related intellectual property disputes. Before becoming a founding partner of the firm, David was a patent litigation partner at a prominent international law firm.

significant matters
Express Mobile v. Microsoft, Google, Facebook, eBay (ND Cal and WD Texas)  - Representing plaintiff Express Mobile in multiple patent infringement cases concerning distributed programming, web and mobile application systems.
Broadband iTV, Inc. v. AT&T, DirecTV, Dish Network LLC (WD Texas)  - Represented pioneering video on demand and content management technology company, BBiTV, in three consolidated 5-patent cases filed in December 2019.
Wapp Technology v. Micro Focus (ED Texas)  - Represented plaintiff Wapp Technology against Micro Focus in the Eastern District of Texas relating to mobile application development technology. Won $172.5M jury verdict.
Uniloc v. Microsoft (CD California)  – Representing plaintiff Uniloc in multiple patent lawsuits relating to distributed and cloud software, software security, mobile and wireless technologies.
Uniloc v. Netflix, Uniloc v. Hulu, Uniloc v. Roku, Uniloc v. ABC (CD California)  – Represented plaintiff Uniloc in four patent infringement cases involving digital streaming and video coding and compression technologies.
Uniloc v. AT&T, Uniloc v. Verizon (ED Texas)  – Representing Plaintiff Uniloc in four patent infringement cases involving 4G LTE and LTE-A, cellular and video coding technologies in the Eastern District of Texas against AT&T and Verizon.
Polaris PowerLED v. VIZIO, TPV, TCL (CD California)  – Representing plaintiff Polaris in multiple patent infringement cases concerning LED backlight systems.
OpenTV, Inc. v. NFL Enterprises, LLC.  - Represented OpenTV in a seven patent case involving verifying PIN codes giving users access to password-restricted websites and applications, methods of inserting content into video streams using time-code indicators, methods of allowing users to interact with videos and a method of connecting multiple video metadata sets, methods of programming software to identify if a computer does not have the right applications to run certain media, methods of combining multiple media data streams into a single broadcast stream and methods of connecting streaming videos with other websites via a link.
Intellectual Ventures I and Intellectual Ventures II v. Motorola Mobility (District of Delaware and Southern District of Florida)  – Represented Intellectual Ventures in back to back patent infringement trials in Delaware and won both trials. The asserted patents relate to technology in smart phones including sending MMS messages, power allocation and conservation and docking stations.
Intellectual Ventures II v. JPMorgan et. al. (Southern District of New York)  – Currently representing Intellectual Ventures II in a patent infringement matter against several JPMorgan Chase entities. The asserted patent relates to a cryptographic co-processor for processing RSA or ECC algorithms.
Intellectual Ventures II v. Citibank et. al. (Southern District of New York)  – Currently representing Intellectual Ventures II in a patent infringement matter against several Citibank entities. The asserted patent relates to a cryptographic co-processor for processing RSA or ECC algorithms.
Sun Microsystems v. Network Appliance (Northern District of California)  – Represented Sun in three separate patent infringement cases involving processors, servers, networking and storage technology.
Qualcomm, Inc. v. Broadcom Corp. (Southern District of California)  – Represented plaintiff Qualcomm in patent infringement case involving baseband processors and wireless technologies, including CDMA, UMTS, GPRS, and GSM technologies. Obtained favorable settlement.
Saxon v. Palm et al. (Eastern District of Texas)  – Represented defendant, Palm, Inc., before Judge Davis in a patent infringement case involving handheld devices and wireless technology.
Gateway v. Hewlett-Packard (International Trade Commission)  – Represented defendant computer manufacturer in patent infringement trial concerning multimedia computer technology combining digital television and audio technologies. The Administrative Law Judge found the patent unenforceable and invalid on multiple grounds and no violation of Section 337.
Hewlett-Packard v. Acer; Acer v. Hewlett-Packard (ED Texas; WD Wisconsin)  – Represented Hewlett-Packard in multi-jurisdiction patent infringement dispute relating to personal computer architecture and design, microprocessors and peripheral devices. Obtained favorable settlement.
AuthenTec v. Hestia Technologies (Middle District of Florida)  – Represented plaintiff manufacturer of biometric fingerprint sensors in IP dispute involving semiconductor packaging technology. Successfully obtained an exceptional case ruling and favorable settlement for client.
Hewlett-Packard v. Gateway (Southern District of California)  – Represented plaintiff computer manufacturer in patent infringement case in the Southern District of California. Case involved 19 patents (14 asserted by plaintiff and 5 asserted by defendant) relating to personal computer architecture and design, microprocessors and peripheral devices, such as monitors, keyboards and projectors. Obtained favorable Markman rulings and settlement.
Hewlett-Packard v. Gateway (ITC)  – Represented plaintiff computer manufacturer in patent infringement case in the International Trade Commission involving patents related to computer architecture, microprocessors, peripherals and monitors. Obtained favorable settlement.
education
Juris Doctor (cum laude)
Wayne State University Law School, Detroit, Michigan

Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering (cum laude)
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Eta Kappa Nu, National Italian-American Scholar
admissions
California
Michigan
N.D. California
C.D. California
S.D. California
E.D. California
E.D. Michigan
W.D. Michigan
E.D. Texas
Registered to practice before the USPTO
United States Federal Circuit
United States Supreme Court
venue experience
N.D. California
C.D. California
S.D. California
Delaware
E.D. Michigan
W.D. Michigan
S.D. New York
E.D. Texas
W.D. Texas
E.D. Virginia
W.D. Washington
W.D. Wisconsin
International Trade Commission
United States Patent Office
Federal Circuit