Richard A. Kamprath

Richard Kamprath is a founding shareholder and trial lawyer at Budwin Kamprath Burgess Campbell who represents clients in licensing and litigation covering both standard-essential and non-standard-essential technology portfolios.

During his career, Richard has helped separate clients win a $172 million jury verdict against Qualcomm, a $15 million verdict against Samsung, and multiple ITC exclusion orders against Comcast, while directing and cross-examining key witnesses and shaping trial strategy. His experience spans cellular, Wi-Fi, vAVC, HEVC, VP9, AV1, HDR, RF/analog/digital hardware, software, encryption, and wired/wireless communications.

Before law school, Richard worked as an electrical engineer and designed circuits for oilfield tools, in addition to completing graduate research in analog and mixed-signal design. He draws on his extensive training and technical knowledge to represent clients in all types of patent disputes.

Richard has been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America, Texas Super Lawyers, and Texas Rising Stars. Patexia consistently ranks him as one of the top-performing attorneys before the International Trade Commission. He earned his B.S. and M.S. in electrical engineering from Texas A&M University and his J.D., cum laude, from Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law. He is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and admitted to practice before multiple federal courts, including the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Representative Matters

• InterDigital v. Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+ (CDCA) Represented InterDigital against Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+ in a dispute related to OTT streaming and related technology.
• ublox v. InterDigital (SDCA, Delaware Chancery Court) Represented InterDigital in a declaratory judgment action filed by ublox related to cellular portfolio licensing.
• Tesla v. InterDigital (English Royal Courts of Justice) Served as an expert witness on US law on behalf of InterDigital in a case related to licensing.
• RightQuestion v. Samsung (EDTX) Represented RightQuestion against Samsung in a patent infringement suit related to encryption and authentication technology.
• Rovi/TiVo v. Comcast, et al. (SDNY, ITC) Represented Rovi/TiVo in a patent infringement dispute against Comcast, Arris, and Technicolor involving interactive program guides and related functionality.
• Nokia v. Apple. (EDTX, ITC) Represented Nokia in a global licensing dispute against Apple involving H.264 video compression technology and LTE technology.
• Ericsson v. Apple. (EDTX, NDCA, ITC, PTAB) Represented Ericsson in a global, portfolio-wide, FRAND licensing dispute against Apple involving LTE technology.
• ParkerVision Inc. v. Qualcomm Inc., et al. (MDFL) Represented ParkerVision in a patent infringement lawsuit against Qualcomm, Samsung, and HTC involving patents related to radio-frequency transmitter technology, digital signal processing and baseband technology, and protocol conversion technology for use in wireless telecommunications devices.
• Odyssey Wireless v. Apple, et al. (EDNC) Represented Odyssey Wireless against Apple, Samsung, LG, and Motorola in a patent infringement lawsuit involving technology related to the LTE standard including frequency hopping and carrier aggregation.
• Summit 6 LLC v. Apple, et al. (NDTX) Represented Summit 6 in a patent infringement lawsuit against Apple, Twitter, HTC, LG, and Motorola involving digital content processing and uploading technology.
• Rockstar Consortium v. Samsung, et al. (EDTX, NDCA) Represented Rockstar in a patent infringement lawsuit against Samsung, ASUS, LG, HTC, Pantech, ZTE, and Google involving patents related to software and radio-frequency electromagnetic shielding technology for use in wireless telecommunications devices.
• Summit 6 LLC v. Research in Motion, et al. (NDTX) Represented Summit 6 in a patent infringement lawsuit against Research in Motion, Facebook, Samsung, Multiply, and Photobucket involving digital content processing and uploading technology.
• Ericsson v. Samsung. (ITC) Represented Ericsson in a Section 337 action against Samsung involving several patents covering the direct conversion receiver technology and carrier signal modulation techniques.
• Prep Solutions Ltd. v. Techono Ltd. et al., Secured a $3.8 million default judgment on behalf of Prep Solutions Ltd. against seven defendants, with the Court finding that the defendants willfully infringed 13 of Prep Solutions’ copyrights. In addition to the monetary award, the Court entered a permanent injunction, ordering the transfer of the defendants’ website assets to Prep Solutions, further protecting the company’s intellectual property rights.

Recognized in the 2027 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® Litigation – Intellectual Property and Litigation – Patent.