Connor S. Houghton

Education

J.D., Cum Laude, Harvard Law School (2017)

B.S., Chemistry, Summa Cum Laude, Northeastern University (2014)

Admissions

Massachusetts

District of Columbia

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Connor Houghton is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLP. Connor focuses his practice on intellectual property litigation in a wide variety of technologies. He has participated in cases before federal district and appellate courts, the International Trade Commission, and the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Throughout his career, Connor has particularly focused on cases before the ITC, where he has experience preparing and filing complaints, coordinating fact discovery, drafting motions, working with expert witnesses, conducting and defending fact and expert depositions, and participating in hearings. Connor has also managed filing and defending inter partes review proceedings before the Patent Office. He has experience briefing complex patent issues before district courts and the Federal Circuit.

Connor's practice has involved working closely with his team and clients to secure favorable outcomes in difficult strategic situations. Prior to joining the firm, Connor was an associate at Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP.

Representative Matters

• Represented Caterpillar in two ITC trials and several inter partes review proceedings before the PTAB against a major competitor involving multiple patents on road construction technology. Successfully invalidated several patents and achieved exclusion order barring competitor from importing infringing products.
• Representing Corning in an ITC proceeding seeking a general exclusion order against imported high-density fiber optic equipment. Achieved successful Initial Determination before the ALJ recommending a general exclusion order, investigation is currently pending before the full Commission.
• Representing Arconic in a trade secret and breach of contract dispute involving automotive aluminum processing, including defending contract and antitrust counterclaims.
• Representing Densify in ongoing patent litigation against VMware, including remaining affirmative infringement claims, defending against infringement counterclaims, and involvement in pending inter partes and post grant review proceedings.
• Representing Deere & Company in response to ITC subpoenas, including defending multiple witnesses in upcoming evidentiary hearing.
• Represented Seoul Semiconductor in response to ITC subpoenas, including drafting motions and preparing for depositions.

Publications

• Coauthor, “ITC Seems Unlikely To Stay Investigations For Parallel IPRs,” Law360 (March 17, 2021)
• Coauthor, “ITC Dispute May Lead To PTAB Litigation Strategy Shifts,” Law360 (January 27, 2021)

Recent Speaking Engagements

• Panelist, “The Ins & Outs of Related Proceedings Before the International Trade Commission (ITC) and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB),” Virtual Patent Gateway (VPG), August 5, 2021