Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Languages

• Spanish

Lawyer Overview

Hilda Galvan has extensive experience litigating complex patent cases in jurisdictions nationwide. She has served as head of the Dallas Office IP practice since 2006. Her cases have involved diverse technologies including database and operating system software, data caching, Internet technologies, networking protocols, semiconductor equipment and processes, cellular technology, and analog and digital circuit design. Hilda has successfully represented industry leading companies in critical patent cases including IBM, Motorola, Texas Instruments, Electronic Data Systems, Apple, Nokia, The MathWorks, and Freescale Semiconductor, among others. In addition to her litigation practice, she provides strategic counseling to clients in enforcement and licensing of patent portfolios.

Hilda has been recognized in the intellectual property sections of Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers (2004 to present), The Best Lawyers in America (2006 to present), and Texas Super Lawyers ("Texas Rising Stars") (2004 to present).

Hilda is a director of the Intellectual Property Law Section of the Dallas Bar Association and a member of the Intellectual Property Sections of the American Bar Association and the State Bar of Texas. She is also on the Executive Committee of the Institute of Law and Technology at The Center for American and International Law. In addition, she has served as treasurer, director, and scholarship committee chair for the Dallas Hispanic Bar Foundation. She is also a member of the Dallas Leadership Class of 1997 and has served as special counsel to the city of Coppell (Texas). Hilda has been a speaker at a number of seminars on topics relating to patent litigation. Prior to entering law school, she was a project engineer for a telecommunications company.

Areas of Practice

• Intellectual Property
• Copyrights & Trademarks
• Patent Litigation

Representative Cases

• Input/Output, Inc. et al. v. Sercel, Inc., Civil Action No. 5:06-cv-236 (E.D. Tex. 2006) , (2008)
• Antor Media Corporation v. Apple Computer, Inc., Microsoft Corporation, RealNetworks, Inc., Civil Action No. 2:03CV320 (E.D. Texas 2004)
• Antor Media Corporation v. Motorola, Inc., Civil Action No. 5:06-cv-240 (E. D. Tex. 2006) (Judge Folsom)
• Antor Media Corporation v. Nokia, Inc., Civil Action No. 2:05-cv-186 (E.D. Tex. 2005) (Judge Folsom)
• Barry J. Fiala, Inc. v. Great Western Press, Inc.
• Biax Corp. v. Texas Instruments, Inc., Case No. 04-M-2525 (PAC)
• Certain Digital Processors, Digital Processing Systems, Components Thereof, and Products Containing Same
• Charles E. Hill & Associates v. Amazon.com, et al. (including IBM Corporation), Civil Action No. 2-02-CV-186 (E.D. Tex.)
• CPUmate, Inc. v. International Business Machines Corporation, Civil Action No. 08-242 (S.D. Texas)
• East Texas Technology LLP v. Apple Computer, Inc. Case No. 3-04-CV-00281 (E.D. Tex 2004)
• Electronic Data Systems Corp. v. Online Wireless, Inc. et al., No. 2:08-cv-041-TJW (E.D. Tex. 2007)
• Fresnel Technologies, Inc. v. DESA International
• Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc. v. Cisco Systems, Inc. (Case No. 380-1975-99)
• Golden Bridge Technology, Inc. v. Nokia, Inc. and Lucent Technologies, Inc., Civil Action No. 2:05-cv-151 (E.D. Tex. 2005) (Judge Davis)
• Gregory Bender v. Texas Instruments Inc., Civil Action No. 2:06-CV-221-DF (E.D. Tex. 2006)
• IBM Corp. v. Amazon.com, Inc., Civil Action No. 6:06-cv-452 (E. D. Tex. 2006) (Judge Davis)
• IBM Corp. v. Amazon.com, Inc., Civil Action No. 9:06-cv-242 (E. D. Tex. 2006) (Judge Clark)
• In the Matter Of Certain Semiconductor Chips With Minimized Chip Package Size And Products Containing Same
• Micro-Blend, Inc. v. PepsiCo, Inc., Case No. C-97-358 (S.D. Tex.)
• Motorola v. STMicroelectronics, S.A., et al. (Case No. 1:03-CV-0407)
• National Instruments, Inc. v. The MathWorks Corp., Case No. 01-CV-011 (E.D. Tex.)
• Pritchett LLC v. Estate of Ronald Pound, et al.
• RaceTrac Petroleum, Inc. v. JJ's Fast Stop, Inc., et al.
• Rainin Instrument LLC v. USA Scientific Inc., Civil Action No. 6:06-cv-252 (E.D. Tex. 2006) (Judge Davis)
• Southern Audio Services, Inc. v. JBL Incorporated, Case No. 96-58-B-M2 (M.D. La.)
• STMicroelectronics, Inc. v. Motorola and Freescale Semiconductor; Civil Action No. 4:03-CV-276 (E.D. Tex.)and Motorola and Freescale Semiconductor v. STMicroelectronics, Civil Action No. 1:03-CV-407 (E.D. Tex.)
• STMicroelectronics, Inc., v. Motorola, Inc. and Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. v. STMicroelectronics, N.V. and STMicroelectronics, Inc., Civil Action No. 4:03-CV-276 (N.D. Texas)
• SuperSpeed LLC v. International Business Machines Corporation, Civil Action No. 2:07-cv-0089 (E. D. Tex.)
• Texas Industries, Inc. v. Southdown, Inc. Case No. 99-2646 GA (N.D. Tex 1999)
• Texas Instruments Inc. v. Linear Technology Corporation, (Case No. 2:01CV004)
• Texas Instruments Incorporated v. Hyundai Electronics Indus. Co., Ltd., et al. (Case No. 2:98CV77)
• Texas Instruments Incorporated v. Tessera, Inc. (Case No. C00-02114CW)
• The Mathworks, Inc. v. COMSOL AB et al., Civil Action No. 6:06-cv-334 (E.D. Tex. 2006) (Judge Davis)
• Treatch v. Nextel Communications, Inc. (Case No. 98-1212-PHX RGS)
• Zoltar Satellite Systems, Inc. v. LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company, et al., Civil Action No. 2:05-cv-215 (E.D. Tex. 2005) (Judge Davis)

West Practice Categories

Copyrights, Intellectual Property Law, International Intellectual Property, Patent Litigation, Patents, Technology Licensing, Trade Dress, Trade Secrets, Trademarks

Bar Admissions

• Texas

Education

• U of Texas - Austin

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