Rajkumar Vinnakota
Work in Janik Vinnakota LLP
Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 20 years of experience
Intellectual Property, Business Law
Gateway Tower, 8111 LBJ Freeway, Suite 790, Dallas, TX 75251
About Rajkumar Vinnakota
Practice Areas
- Intellectual Property
- Business Law
Education
- The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas, 2003J.D.
- Law Journal: Texas International Law Journal, Article and Notes Editor
- Texas A&M University, 1998B.S.
- Major: Chemical Engineering
- Honors: cum laude
- Honors: With Honors
- Honors: Outstanding Graduating Senior Award, Dept. of Chemical Engineering
Representative Cases
- Noble Systems Corp. v. Acqueon Technologies, Inc. et al. (Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division)
- Blitzsafe Texas, LLC v. Honda Motor Co. Ltd. et al; Nissan North America, Inc. and Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. (Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division)
- Personalweb Technologies, LLC v. Caringo, Inc. (Eastern District of Texas, Tyler Division)
- Roblor Marketing Group, Inc. v. GPS Industries, Inc. et al. (Southern District of Florida, Miami Division)
- Greenliant Systems, Inc. v. Xicor LLC. (Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division)
- Leak Surveys, Inc. v. FLIR Systems, Inc., (Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division)
- Robertson World Wide v. General Electric Co. et al. (Northern District of Illinois, Chicago Division)
- James M. Nielsen, M.D. v. Alcon Corporation (Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division)
- BioTechnology, LLC v. Ciba Vision Corporation et al. (Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Division)
- GPS Industries, Inc. et al. v. Altex Corporation et al. (Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division)
- Front Row Technologies, LLC v. Major League Baseball Properties, Inc. et al. (District of New Mexico)
- Digital Image Systems Corp. v. The Loomis Management Company et al. (Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division)
- Nanya Technology Corp. et al. v. NEC Electronics Corp. (Northern Districts of California and Texas)
- Nanya Technology Corp. et al. v. Fujitsu Ltd. et al. (District of Guam and Northern District of California)
- NuTech Ventures v. Gruma Corp. (District of Nebraska)
- Industrial Technology Research Institute v. LG Corp. et al. (Eastern District of Texas)
- Industrial Technology Research Institute v. Samsung Electronics America, Inc. (Western District of Arkansas)
- The Research Foundation of State University of New York et al. v. Luminex Corp. et al. (Northern District of New York)
- Lighting Products Limited v. Robertson Worldwide (Northern District of Illinois, Chicago Division)
- Armstrong Coal Co. v. Optimal Solutions Integration, Inc. (Eastern and Northern Districts of Texas)
- Xicor LLC v. Silicon Storage Technology Inc. et al. (California Superior Court, County of Santa Clara)
- Lipose Corp. v. TyRx Pharma, Inc. et al. (New York Superior Court, Middlesex County)
- FLIR Systems, Inc. v. Leak Surveys, Inc. (Patent Trial and Appeal Board, United States Patent and Trademark Office)
- Leak Surveys, Inc. v. FLIR Systems, Inc. (Federal Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court)
- Greenliant Systems, Inc. v. Silicon Storage Technology, Inc. et al.. (Federal Circuit)
- GPS Industries, Inc. et al. v. Altex Corporation et al. (Federal Circuit)
Classes and Seminars
- Speaker, SMU Dedman School of Law, Dallas, Texas, “Annual Symposium on Emerging Intellectual Property Issues: Disruptive Ideas and Emerging Technology; IP and the Dallas Innovation Ecosystem,” September 21, 2018
- Speaker, Taiwan Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, “International Biomedical Intelligence and Business Strategy Seminar: Strategies for IP Commercialization and Collaboration,” August 9, 2018
- Speaker, Houston Launch Pad: New Zealand MedTech Delegation Conference, Houston, Texas, “Intellectual Property and Business Considerations to Grow Innovation,” March 5-8, 2018
- Speaker, 2016 Austin Startup Week – TechStars, Austin, Texas, “Legal Pitfalls Startups Face,” October 6, 2016
- Speaker, Veritext National Sales Meeting, Fort Worth, Texas, “Deposition Considerations for Inter Partes Review,” January 18, 2016
- Speaker, Texas Lawyer In-House Counsel Summit, Dallas, Texas, “Alternative Fees: Aligning the Interests of Lawyer and Client,” March 27, 2014
- Speaker, Global Intellectual Property Convention, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India, “Inter Partes Review in Conjunction with Patent Litigation,” January 16, 2014
- Speaker, International Intellectual Property Conference, Bangalore, Karnataka, India, “The High Cost of U.S. Based Patent Litigation: Why Alternative Fee Arrangements are Essential,” January 26, 2013
- Speaker, U.S. India Chamber of Commerce DFW, “Patents 101: How to Aquire a Patent and Protect Your IP,” July 21, 2020
- Speaker, Texas A&M University School of Law, Fort Worth, Texas, “Intellectual Property Counseling: More Than Drafting Patents or Going to Court,” Fall 2016
- Guest Lecturer, Texas A&M University Chemical and Biomedical Engineering Departments, College Station, Texas, “Engineering, Business Entrepreneurship, and Patent Law,” Fall 2013-2014
- Lecturer, Texas A&M University School of Law, Fort Worth, Texas, Executive Education Program on Health, Pharmaceuticals and Intellectual Property Rights, “Contracts & Collaborations: Issues with Foreign, Indian Companies, and Other Entities,” September 26, 2020
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Texas, 2003
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. District Court Western District of Arkansas
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Arkansas
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court District of Nebraska
- U.S. District Court District of Colorado
Other Affiliations
- Dallas Association of Young Lawyers (Director)
- Dallas Bar Association (Member)
- Dallas Asian American Bar Association (Member)
- National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (Member)
- Federal Circuit Bar Association (Member)
Past Positions
- Andrews Kurth LLP, Associate
- ExxonMobil Chemical, Process Engineer
- Kellogg Brown and Root
Fraternities and Sororities
- Tau Beta Pi
- Omega Chi Epsilon
Articles
Published Works
- Lester Horwitz, Ethan Horwitz, General Editors, Intellectual Property Counseling and Litigation, Chapter 48: Containing Costs in Intellectual Property Litigation (revised by Rajkumar Vinnakota, Release 56 July 2015) (Matthew Binder)
Office Info
Other Colleagues
- Partner
- Commercial Law, Financial
- 21 years of experienceLitigation, Intellectual Property, Business Law, International Law
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