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Erik C. Shallman
Erik C. Shallman
Counsel — Intellectual Property
Counsel — Intellectual Property

Erik C. Shallman

Erik C. Shallman
Austin

200 West 6th Street
Suite 2500
Austin, Texas 78701

Erik C. Shallman

Experience Highlights

  • Representing a global leader in solar cell technology in patent infringement litigation regarding innovations in solar panel modules

  • (N.D. Cal.); (E.D. Tex.); (ITC) — Represented a national telecommunications provider in patent infringement action involving VOIP and cellular networking technology 

  • (E.D. Tex.) — Represented a smartphone handset manufacturer in multiple patent infringement matters relating to standard-essential cellular telephony patents 

  • (S.D. Tex.) Represented leading independent manufacturer of downhole drilling motor power sections against competitor in trade secret misappropriation case related to elastomer compounds

  • (W.D. Tex.) — Defended major sports team in patent infringement litigation regarding online ticketing technology

  • (W.D. Tex.) — Defended oil well completion and wireline services company in patent infringement litigation regarding casing floatation technologies

  • (E.D. Tex.) — Represented a multinational display manufacturer in patent infringement litigation related to liquid crystal display (LCD) technologies, resulting in a favorable settlement

  • (W.D. Tex.) — Assisted with defending a real estate listing and insight company in patent infringement litigation regarding search result and user interface technology, resulting in a favorable settlement

  • (E.D. Tex.) — Assisted with defending a multinational display manufacturer in patent infringement litigation brought by a non-practicing entity who acquired part of a patent portfolio originally owned by a major handset manufacturer

  • (Tex. Dist.) — Assisted with defending oil well construction, completion, and production company and employee in trade secret misappropriation dispute regarding hiring of ex-employee and purported solicitation of customers, leading to a successful resolution of the dispute

  • (E.D. Tex.) — Defended major consumer electronics company in patent infringement litigation regarding 3D tracking and haptic response of hand-held input devices for virtual reality and other gaming systems

Credentials

  • University of San Francisco, J.D./MBA summa cum laude, 2014 (Articles Editor, USF Law Review Vol. 48; McAuliffe Honors Society)
  • University of Idaho, B.S. Metallurgical Engineering/Materials Science & Engineering summa cum laude, 2009
  • Materials Engineer, Washington River Protection Solutions, 2009 – 2010
  • The Best Lawyers in America© (BL Rankings, LLC), “Ones to Watch,” (Austin): Intellectual Property Law, 2021–2025; Litigation–Patent, 2021–2025
  • Law360, Selected as “Legal Lions of the Week” for Federal Circuit Court victory (March 2024)
  • Fellow: Texas Bar Foundation
  • Member: Austin Intellectual Property Law
  • California
  • Texas
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern, Eastern, Southern, and Western Districts of Texas
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
  • “Supreme Court and Federal Circuit Annual Review,” Austin Intellectual Property Law Association, August 23, 2023 (panelist)
  • “Laptop Logistics: Issues Every Attorney Should Know About the Data at their Fingerprints,” CLE Presentation, June 22, 2021, September 15, 2021 (co-presenter)
  • “Up in the Air: Clarifying Cloud Storage Protections,” 19 Intellectual Property L. Bull. 49, 2014