Paul J. Andre

Paul Andre is a first-chair trial lawyer whose practice centers on patent litigation involving complex technologies. He represents patent owners enforcing their rights and companies defending infringement claims, and has led more than 200 patent trials and litigations in federal courts across the United States. His matters span life sciences, computer science and electrical engineering. Paul also handles trade secret disputes and advises technology-driven clients on IP strategy, trade secret protection and risk mitigation.

Paul’s patent trial work includes representing a computer network security company in an Eastern District of Virginia case that produced a $2.75 billion judgment, described in the source biography as the largest patent judgment in U.S. history. In a separate trial in that district, he represented a computer network security company that secured a $152 million jury verdict. He also represented a cybersecurity company in a series of jury trials in Delaware and the Northern District of California that resulted in a monetization campaign exceeding $500 million.

Other plaintiff-side results include a verdict of willful infringement, $17 million in past damages and a running royalty for a business software client in the Eastern District of Texas; a verdict of willful infringement and $31 million in past damages for a networking client in Delaware; and two Nebraska jury verdicts for a telecommunications company with more than $60 million in past damages. In Delaware, Paul secured an infringement verdict and $30 million in past damages for a networking company in a case concerning online gaming patents. His life sciences experience includes representing a biotechnology company in a Delaware jury trial involving stem cell technology that resulted in a finding of willful infringement, as well as representing a client in a Delaware patent trial involving monoclonal antibodies.

Paul’s defense work includes a jury verdict in a Northern District of California patent trial concerning eight patents related to semiconductor manufacturing equipment. In trade secret litigation, he obtained a defense verdict after a California bench trial involving predictive analytics software. He also obtained a plaintiff verdict in a Colorado jury trial concerning trade secrets and breach of contract involving filter regulator lubricator devices. Chambers USA ranks Paul as a leading patent litigator, and The National Law Journal has named him a Litigation Trailblazer.

• Represented a computer network security company in securing a $152 million jury verdict in a patent infringement trial in the Eastern District of Virginia.*
• Obtained a jury verdict of willful infringement and past damages of $17 million with a running royalty for a business software client in a patent infringement case in the Eastern District of Texas.*
• Represented a cybersecurity company in a series of patent infringement jury trials in Delaware and the Northern District of California resulting in a monetization campaign of greater than $500 million.*
• Obtained the largest patent judgment in United States history of $2.75 billion for a computer network security company in a patent infringement case in the Eastern District of Virginia.*
• Obtained a jury verdict of willful infringement and past damages of $31 million for a networking client in Delaware.*
• Represented a biotechnology company in a jury trial with a finding of willful infringement in an action involving stem cell technology in Delaware.*
• Represented Defendant in a trade secret bench trial involving predictive analytic software and obtained a defense verdict in California.*
• Obtained two jury verdicts for a telecommunication company with past damages of greater than $60M in Nebraska.*
• Represented a networking company regarding online gaming patents and secured a jury verdict of infringement and past damages of $30 million in Delaware.*
• Obtained a defense jury verdict for a client in a patent infringement jury trial involving eight patents relating to semiconductor manufacturing equipment in the Northern District of California.*
• Obtained a plaintiff verdict in a jury trial in a trade secret and breach of contract action involving FRL (filter regulator lubricator) devices in Colorado.*
• Represented client in a patent infringement trial involving monoclonal antibodies in Delaware.*

• Fordham University School of Law, J.D.

• Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Ph.D. Candidate (ABD), Cell and Molecular Biology

• Middle Tennessee State University, M.S.

• Middle Tennessee State University, B.S.

• California

• District of Columbia

• New York

• The Best Lawyers in America, Litigation - Patent

• Managing Intellectual Property, IP Stars, 2015-2025

• Patexia, Best Performing Attorneys: Patent Litigation (Top 2% of Patent Litigation Attorneys), 2025

• Patexia, Top Attorneys for US District Court Cases (Patent Litigation), 2023

• The National Law Journal, Trailblazers: Litigation, 2021

• Chambers USA, 2021

• Daily Journal, Top Intellectual Property Lawyers, 2021

• American Intellectual Property Law Association

• Intellectual Property Owners Association

• American Bar Association (Intellectual Property and Litigation Sections)

• California Bar Association

• Silicon Valley Intellectual Property Law Association

• San Francisco Bay Area Intellectual Property Inn of Court