Nadia E. Haghighatian

Prior to joining Kirkland, Nadia was involved in the following matters:

Semiconductor Technologies

• Represented a global semiconductor and infrastructure technology company in patent litigation involving semiconductor device fabrication
• Defended a global electronics and semiconductor company in various patent infringement lawsuits relating to, for example, capacitive touch screen technologies, metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) devices, automatic gain control systems and signal encoding/decoding systems
• Assisted a semiconductor developer in organizing and categorizing a large portfolio of U.S. and foreign patents and applications for valuation and licensing

Software and Networking

• Asserted a technology company’s patent infringement claims against a global video streaming company in multiple, parallel lawsuits involving content recommendations, adaptive bitrate streaming, container management platforms, and content distribution networks (CDN)
• Asserted a technology company’s claims against major consumer electronics companies in multiple, parallel patent infringement lawsuits involving 10 patents relating to mobile technologies for battery life conservation, digital content distribution and authentication
• Represented a global semiconductor and infrastructure technology company in patent litigation involving 15 patents, including patents relating to audio and video encoding and decoding, optimized graphics processing and wireless communication systems
• Asserted a patent owner’s claims in an infringement lawsuit relating to accelerated erasure coding for data storage in distributed computing systems
• Defended a major airline in several patent infringement actions relating to customer rewards programs, message storage and delivery, website search functionalities and mobile applications
• Defended an air travel company in a patent infringement action involving a meta-search engine for comparing airfare pricing information
• Defended a national jewelry retailer against trade secret misappropriation and breach of contract claims relating to software for tracking warranty repairs

Oil & Gas and Machinery

• Defended an international oilfield service company in a patent infringement action relating to electric rig control systems; obtained settlement after a favorable claim-construction ruling
• Represented an oil and gas exploration company in a trade secret misappropriation lawsuit relating to methods and formulas for identifying profitable acreage
• Defended a major manufacturer of off-road vehicles for mine sites against claims of patent infringement and false advertising

Trademarks

• Asserted the senior trademark rights of a technology credit union service organization (CUSO) against a major competitor in federal district court and before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB)
• Asserted a specialty chain retail company’s well-known family of trademarks relating to organization and storage products and services; obtained settlement including client’s primary requested relief

Holland & Knight LLP

• Partner, 2022
• Associate, 2021–2022

Thompson & Knight LLP

• Associate, 2013–2021
• Summer Associate, 2012
• Law Clerk, Office of the Attorney General of Texas, Crime Victim Services Division, 2011
• Law Clerk, Texas Advocacy Project, Inc., 2011

Represented a married couple from Pakistan in affirmative asylum applications before the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.