Corbin Cessna

Senior Associate

Complex Commercial Litigation

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Overview

Corbin’s principal practice area is intellectual property with a focus on patent litigation. He has represented clients in patent litigations in various district, appellate, and administrative courts. He has also advised clients with respect to intellectual property risk management in various industries, including technology, sports, and energy.

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Experience

  • (E.D. Tex.) Represented U.S. solar panel manufacturer in multi-suit patent litigation against manufacturers of TOPCon solar panels

  • (D.N.J.; W.D. Tex.; Fed. Cir.; PTAB) — Represented Japanese battery manufacturer in multi-suit patent infringement campaign concerning lithium-ion batteries used in consumer products

  • (E.D. Tex) — Represented Japanese technology manufacturer in multi-suit patent litigation related to liquid crystal display (LCD) technologies

  • (W.D. Tex.) — Represented U.S. oil and gas tool manufacturer in patent jury trial concerning alleged infringement of patent covering drilling tools and methods

  • (W.D. Tex.; C.D. Cal.) — Represented world’s largest food and beverage company in multi-suit trademark litigation against distributors of unauthorized grey market goods

Capabilities

Credentials

Education

  • University of Miami, J.D. magna cum laude, 2020
  • The University of Texas at Austin, B.S. Civil Engineering, 2017

Admissions

  • Texas
  • United States Patent and Trademark Office
  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  • Texas Supreme Court

Recognitions

  • Law360, Selected as “Legal Lions of the Week” for Federal Circuit Court victory (March 2024)
Insights

Client Alerts

Federal Circuit Defines Scope of IPR Estoppel

In Ingenico Inc. v. IOENGINE, LLC, the Federal Circuit defined for the first time the scope of inter partes review (“IPR”) estoppel in district court and International Trade Commission (ITC) proceedings: IPR estoppel applies only to invalidity arguments that the claimed invention was described in a patent or printed publication before the critical date.

May 12, 2025 • V&E Intellectual Property Update Published by Intellectual Property & Technology Law Journal, August 2025

May 12, 2025 • 6-minute read

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Client Alerts

Re-“Designing” a New Standard: The Federal Circuit Aligns Obviousness Test for Design and Utility Patents

In a considerable shift in the law, the Federal Circuit has discarded the long-standing test for determining whether a design patent is invalid as obvious, in favor of the more flexible obviousness test historically applied to utility patents. Eric Klein, Erik Shallman, Patrick Wroe

May 23, 2024 • V&E IP Update

May 23, 2024 • 3-minute read

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Federal Circuit Reins in TTAB’s Authority in Trademark Cancellation Proceedings

In Great Concepts, LLC v. Chutter, Inc.,1 the Federal Circuit reversed and remanded the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board’s (“Board”) decision cancelling registration of Great Concepts’ trademark due to the filing of a fraudulent declaration by a former Great Concepts attorney.

October 20, 2023 • V&E IP Update

October 20, 2023 • 5-minute read

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