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Theodoros Konstantakopoulos Ph.D.

Theodoros Konstantakopoulos Ph.D.

Of Counsel, New York
PHONE: 212-808-2969 FAX: 212-351-3401
Dr. Theodoros Konstantakopoulos' practice focuses on post-grant proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, patent litigation in district courts and the International Trade Commission, and counseling clients on intellectual property matters.  As a registered patent attorney, Dr. Konstantakopoulos has also advised clients in preparing and prosecuting U.S. and foreign patent applications and portfolio strategy.  Further, he has conducted numerous due diligence investigations and drafted opinions of counsel.  
 
Dr. Konstantakopoulos has significant experience before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board in inter partes review proceedings.  In 2019, the analytics service Patexia identified him as one of the top 30 most effective attorneys representing petitioners in PTAB proceedings and, in 2020, Patexia identified him as the 11th best performing attorney representing petitioners in PTAB proceedings.  Patexia also recognized him as one of the most active attorneys representing petitioners at the PTAB.  In 2021, Patexia identified him as the 11th best performing attorney (overall) in PTAB proceedings.
 
With a Ph.D. in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dr. Konstantakopoulos has represented clients in fields including wireless communications and standards, network systems, computer security, computer software, internet-based applications, microprocessors, digital and analog integrated circuits, video coding technology, storage systems, fabrication technologies, semiconductors, light-emitting diodes, and medical devices.
 
During his doctoral studies at MIT, Dr. Konstantakopoulos was a research assistant in the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory working in the Computer Architecture Group. For his master’s degree, he conducted research in the Microsystems Technology Laboratory working in the Digital Integrated Circuits and Systems Group.

Prior Experience

  • Counsel, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr  LLP, New York, NY, 2017-2020
  • Associate, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP , New York, NY, 2012-2016
  • Technology Specialist, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP, New York, NY 2007-2012

Courts

  • United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Other Distinctions

  • Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America - Individual Recognition for Intellectual Property Law, 2021-2023

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Representative Matters

  • Represented leading microelectronics manufacturer in multiple patent litigations involving microprocessors, wireless technology, semiconductors, and analog circuits in the ITC and District Courts, and in multiple inter partes review proceedings at the PTAB.
  • Represented leading consumer electronics company in multiple patent litigations involving wireless technology and cell phone user interfaces.
  • Represented Cisco in patent litigation involving voltage regulators.
  • Represented petitioner in multiple inter partes review proceedings involving video coding technology.
     
* Attorney experience includes matters before joining Desmarais LLP.
 

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EDUCATION

Fordham University School of Law, J.D., 2012
 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ph.D., Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, 2007
 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, M.S., Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, 2002
 
University of Patras, Greece, Diploma in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2000
 
Harvard Business School Online, Credential of Readiness (CORe) Certificate, Business Analytics, Economics for Managers, and Financial Accounting, 2018
 

ADMISSIONS

2013,  New York

Registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office
 

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