Jason Sigalos

• Obtained a $1.05 billion award for a major American technology company in an ICC arbitration centered on the appropriate F/RAND compensation for a portfolio of standard essential patents.
• Represented Nokia in two Section 337 ITC investigations asserting its portfolio of H.264 and H.265 standard essential patents against Amazon and Hewlett Packard resulting in favorable initial determinations recommending exclusionary relief.
• Represented a European telecommunications company in an ICC arbitration against a major semiconductor manufacturer concerning intellectual property indemnification obligations.
• Represented a major American technology company in a domestic arbitration related to the breach of a patent license agreement.
• Represented the leading collectible grading and authentication company in a jury trial over a high-value basketball rookie card and obtained a complete defense win.
• Defense team member for Microsoft against civil antitrust claims filed by private plaintiffs seeking to block the company’s $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard.
• Defense counsel for a large publicly traded bank in an antitrust, RICO, and fraud class action pending in the Southern District of New York alleging billions of dollars in damages for customers of a foreign exchange trading platform.
• Represented a life insurer in nationwide class action alleging failure to lower cost of insurance rates, obtaining a favorable settlement days before trial.
• Pro bono outside counsel for Giving Kitchen, an Atlanta-based non-profit helping food service workers in crisis.

Jason Sigalos focuses on complex commercial litigation and arbitration, primarily in the areas of antitrust and intellectual property law, including disputes over F/RAND compensation related to standard essential patents.

Before joining Alston & Bird, Jason served as a law clerk to the Hon. R. Lanier Anderson, III of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

Jason graduated first in his class from the University of Georgia School of Law, where he was inducted into the Order of the Coif. During law school, he served as editor in chief of the Georgia Law Review, an award-winning member of the moot court team, and a member of the Appellate Litigation Clinic, where he successfully argued before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on behalf of a client seeking deferral of removal under the Convention Against Torture.

Bar Admissions

• Georgia

Education

• University of Georgia (J.D., 2021)
• Emory University (B.A., 2016)

Clerkships

• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, Hon. R. Lanier Anderson III