- Counsel to a multinational company specializing in security and identity solutions in four inter partes review proceedings.
- Counsel to a large financial services company strategically building its IP portfolio following an expansion into IoT, automotive, and mobile device software.
- Counsel to a global leader in online commerce, data analytics, machine learning and mobile application content delivery.
- Counsel to world leader in team collaboration tools and services.
- Counsel to a Fortune 100 company in three inter partes review proceedings relating to fluorine chemistry.
- Achieved a favorable settlement as counsel to a large cellular communications handset and technology company against one of the world’s leading consumer technology companies in four ITC proceedings and several patent litigation cases pending in federal courts in Delaware and Wisconsin. The patents-in-suit, totaling 47 U.S. patents and more internationally, covered smartphone and touch screen technology. The disputes drew extensive press coverage, dubbed by one publication as the “smartphone smackdown.”
- Counsel for a software provider asserting claims of theft of trade secret against a key competitor. The case resulted in a summary judgement victory on the client’s behalf.
高级律师,
Combining her experience as an IP litigator with her technical knowledge in prosecuting patents, Miranda provides her clients with a comprehensive approach at both protecting and enforcing their patent portfolios.
Miranda Sooter is a member of Alston & Bird’s Intellectual Property – Patents Group. Miranda focuses her practice on preparing and prosecuting U.S. and foreign patent applications to strengthen and protect the vital patent portfolios of her clients. Miranda has been involved in the drafting and prosecution of patent applications in areas such as software applications, computer networking, mobile device applications, mechanical and electromechanical technologies, e-commerce, and real-time location services. She conducts in-depth freedom-to-operate analyses and prior art studies to advise clients on potential patentability, validity, and infringement issues.
Miranda has considerable experience representing clients in state, federal, and appellate courts throughout the U.S. and before the International Trade Commission (ITC) in a wide variety of cutting-edge technologies, including computer software, telecommunications, GPS, semiconductors, mass spectrometers, medical devices, and pharmaceutical products. Miranda has represented petitioners and patent owners in post-grant proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Her familiarity with complex intellectual property and other commercial litigation matters informs her ability to counsel clients developing a comprehensive patent portfolio strategy.
Miranda received her J.D., summa cum laude, from the University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Law. She also received a B.S., summa cum laude, from the University of Central Missouri, where she was a recipient of the university scholar award.
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Patent Case Summaries June 7, 2024Patent Case Summaries | Week Ending June 7, 2024A weekly summary of the precedential patent-related opinions issued by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the opinions designated precedential or informative by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.Patent Case Summaries June 7, 2024Patent Case Summaries | Week Ending June 7, 2024A weekly summary of the precedential patent-related opinions issued by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the opinions designated precedential or informative by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
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Patent Case Summaries December 20, 2023Patent Case Summaries | Week Ending December 15, 2023A weekly summary of the precedential patent-related opinions issued by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the opinions designated precedential or informative by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.Patent Case Summaries December 20, 2023Patent Case Summaries | Week Ending December 15, 2023A weekly summary of the precedential patent-related opinions issued by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the opinions designated precedential or informative by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
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Patent Case Summaries June 21, 2023Patent Case Summaries | Week Ending June 16, 2023A weekly summary of the precedential patent-related opinions issued by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the opinions designated precedential or informative by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.Patent Case Summaries June 21, 2023Patent Case Summaries | Week Ending June 16, 2023A weekly summary of the precedential patent-related opinions issued by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the opinions designated precedential or informative by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
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Press Release March 31, 2023Amperex Technology Achieves Complete Victories in Four Patent Disputes Before the PTABAlston & Bird achieved a sweep of complete victories for client Amperex Technology in four inter partes review proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). The PTAB’s Final Written Decisions determined that all challenged claims of four patents owned by Maxell Ltd. related to battery technologies were unpatentable and invalidated all challenged claims. Maxell had previously sued Amperex for patent infringement in the Western District of Texas and had an upcoming trial set for May 2023 in Waco, Texas.Press Release March 31, 2023Amperex Technology Achieves Complete Victories in Four Patent Disputes Before the PTABAlston & Bird achieved a sweep of complete victories for client Amperex Technology in four inter partes review proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). The PTAB’s Final Written Decisions determined that all challenged claims of four patents owned by Maxell Ltd. related to battery technologies were unpatentable and invalidated all challenged claims. Maxell had previously sued Amperex for patent infringement in the Western District of Texas and had an upcoming trial set for May 2023 in Waco, Texas.
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Patent Case Summaries December 21, 2022Patent Case Summaries | Week Ending December 16, 2022A weekly summary of the precedential patent-related opinions issued by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the opinions designated precedential or informative by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.Patent Case Summaries December 21, 2022Patent Case Summaries | Week Ending December 16, 2022A weekly summary of the precedential patent-related opinions issued by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the opinions designated precedential or informative by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
律师资格
- North Carolina
- Missouri
- 美国专利商标局
学历
- University of Missouri – Kansas City (职业法律博士, 2005)
- University of Central Missouri (理学士, 2001)
Memberships
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri, Patent Local Rule Committee (2017-2019)