Parker D. Hancock
Texas Tower
845 Texas Avenue
Suite 4700
Houston, Texas 77002
Parker is a technology and intellectual property lawyer who leverages his extensive technical skills and experience to assist clients in fields such as software, hardware, sports, and infrastructure. His principal area of practice is technology litigation with a focus on intellectual property and cybersecurity issues. Parker is also an experienced patent litigator and prosecutor. He has trial experience in district courts and at the International Trade Commission. He also has litigated patent validity in post-grant proceedings at the USPTO, including Inter Partes Reviews.
Parker also has significant experience managing and prosecuting patent portfolios in a wide range of subject areas, including computer hardware and software, consumer products, and medical devices. This has included managing dozens of patent applications for Fortune 500 companies on mobile device software, distributed systems, and web technology. Parker has also prosecuted patent applications for other clients on innovations in cloud-native technologies, database systems, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and blockchain-related technologies. Parker has been designated a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US) and Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM) by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP).
Experience Highlights
Crestview Partners in IP diligence and advice as lead investors in the $588 million merger of Matlin & Partners Acquisition Corporation and U.S. Well Services, combining into a publicly listed hydraulic fracturing company
(E.D. Tex.) – Obtained jury verdict of noninfringement for leading smartphone maker in patent litigation involving universal remote control technology
(ITC) – Represented a leading semiconductor materials manufacturer against a former competitor in an investigation regarding silicon wafer manufacturing; obtained a complete dismissal of the action
(USPTO) – Represented a research institution in several petitions for Inter Partes Review related to semiconductor materials manufacturing technology, each of which was instituted on all proposed grounds
(N.D. Ga.) – Represented a remote control software manufacturer in numerous lawsuits against competitors; successfully defended a motion to dismiss for lack of patentable subject matter
(U.S.P.T.O.) — Represented an orthopedic medical device company in an inter partes reexamination involving knee implants
(U.S.P.T.O.) — Prosecuted patent applications and handled inter partes reexaminations for a company specializing in endoscope remanufacturing
(U.S.P.T.O.) — Prosecuted patent applications related to biomedical devices and medical imaging for two major research universities
Credentials
- Vanderbilt University, J.D., 2014 (Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law, Articles Editor)
- Georgia Institute of Technology, B.S.E.E. with high honors, 2010
- The Best Lawyers in America© (BL Rankings, LLC), “Ones to Watch,” (Houston): Intellectual Property Law, 2023; Litigation–Intellectual Property, 2023
- Texas
- Georgia
- United States Patent and Trademark Office
- Supreme Court of Georgia
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
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