Mr. Thorne was part of the team that represented Monterey Research in cases against Qualcomm, Broadcom, AMD, and Marvell, in the Districts of Delaware, the Western District Of Texas, and the PTAB. The litigations resulted in favorable settlements against Qualcomm, Broadcom, AMD, and Marvell. His work on behalf on Monterey contributed to favorable claim constructions, denial of transfer motions, and denials of institution in front of the Board.
He was also part of the team defending Intel Corporation in a patent litigation brought by XMTT, Inc. accusing virtually all of Intel’s desktop and mobile processors of infringement. XMTT, Inc., v. Intel Corporation, No. 18-cv-1810 (D. Del. 2018). The team won summary judgment of non-infringement for Intel Corp.
During law school, Mr. Thorne spent a semester as a full -time student law clerk under the Alexander Fellows Program for the Hon. Lorna G. Schofield of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. He also served as a staff editor for the Cardozo Arts and Entertainment Law Journal, an intellectual property and entertainment journal. He was part of Cardozo’s Tech Startup Clinic, in which he provided corporate and intellectual property services to technology startup companies. He is the recipient of The Jacob Burns Medal for Outstanding Contribution to Cardozo and a Dean’s Merit Scholarship.
Prior Experience
- Summer Associate, Fish & Richardson P.C., New York, NY, 2016-2017
- Hon. Lorna G. Schofield, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Alexander Fellows Program, 2017 (full time student law clerk)
Courts
- United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
Other Distinctions
- PTAB LEAP Practitioner Recognition Certificate (2022)
- Managing Intellectual Property Magazine, recognized as among the industry’s most active practitioners before the PTAB (2020)
- Desmarais – Pro Bono Challenge Award
Memberships & Affiliations
- IEEE