Richard Kamprath is a founding shareholder and trial lawyer specializing in the licensing and litigation of both standard-essential and non-standard-essential technology portfolios. He has helped obtain 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, video coding, RF/analog/digital hardware, software, encryption, and wired/wireless communications. Before law school, Richard worked as an electrical engineer designing circuits for oilfield tools and completed graduate research in analog and mixed-signal design. He is recognized as a Rising Star in patent litigation, listed in Best Lawyers in America, a Super Lawyer, and ranked among the top attorneys representing complainants in Patexia’s ITC reports. Richard holds a B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Texas A&M University and a J.D. cum laude from Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law. He is registered to practice before the USPTO and admitted in Texas and multiple federal courts, including the Federal Circuit and 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.

Education

  • Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law - J.D. - 2011

    Cum Laude

  • Electrical Engineering, Texas A&M University - M.S. - 2007
  • Electrical Engineering, Texas A&M University - B.S. - 2004

Bar Associations

  • Federal Circuit Bar Association
  • United States Patent and Trademark Office
  • International Trade Commission Trial Lawyers Association
  • Dallas Bar Association
  • Dallas Association of Young Lawyers

Client Reviews

Josh Budwin did a fantastic job. He guided me through the [specific work] and was insightful and respectful of my needs. He acted very professionally and was skilled.

Chambers Client Review

I really trust Joshua Budwin and [another practitioner] at [prior national firm]; they're probably my most trusted advisors. Both phenomenal trial attorneys and phenomenal litigation strategists. They are both really, really good at distilling everything down to its core importance.

Chambers Client Review

Josh Budwin was very practical and responsive. His rates and costs were good.

Chambers Client Review

Kevin Burgess: I think the world of him. Kevin has a PhD in electrical engineering. There are no technical cases he can't understand, and he has great integrity.

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