Jaime Cardenas-Navia is a trial attorney who focuses on high-stakes patent infringement disputes. He regularly litigates against or on behalf of Fortune 500 companies in cases with hundreds of millions of dollars at stake. His experience spans a variety of technologies, including video streaming, cloud computing, solar panels, nutritional formulations, and the design and manufacture of smartphones, tablets, cameras, printers, and scanners. Most recently, Jaime played a pivotal role in securing a $525 million patent infringement jury verdict for Chicago-based tech startup, Kove.

Clients commend Jaime as “an excellent lawyer,” noting that his skills are “far more deadly than anyone realizes.” His legal prowess earned him a spot among Law360’s 2024 Rising Stars for trials and The National Law Journal’s 2023 Rising Stars of the Plaintiffs Bar. Additionally, he has been named to the Super Lawyers New York Metro Rising Stars list for intellectual property.

Representative Matters

• Kove IO. Secured a $525 million patent infringement verdict for Kove against Amazon Web Services, whose patented technology covers the foundational innovations that enable and empower cloud data storage. The win earned Law360’s “Legal Lions of the Week” recognition.

  • Guided the Amazon case through over five years of hard-fought litigation. Along the way, secured denial of an inter partes review at the institution stage, obtained a clean sweep in claim construction, and defeated a motion for summary judgment of non-infringement. At trial, directed the examinations of Kove’s primary expert, who presented Kove’s infringement case and laid the foundation for its damages case.

  • Also representing Kove in ongoing patent infringement litigation against Google.   

• Droplets. Secured a $27 million patent infringement verdict for New York-based tech startup Droplets against Yahoo. Guided the Yahoo case from discovery through trial, and then examined multiple key trial witnesses. Droplets’ engineers fundamentally changed the way websites work—making them fast and interactive instead of slow and static. Immediately after the Yahoo verdict, RJLF secured a favorable settlement for Droplets in its co-pending case against Nordstrom.

• VideoLabs. Leading a series of patent infringement cases for VideoLabs in courts across the country, enforcing a portfolio of patents that covers foundational video technologies in bet-the-company litigation. Cases against Amazon and Apple resolved after less than a year of litigation. Continuing to represent VideoLabs against Netflix and Meta.

• Koninklijke Philips. Litigated a set of patents that cover essential user interface and security features in mobile computing devices against device manufacturers and software developers, including Microsoft, Google, Acer, ASUS and HTC.

Community & Professional Activities

Jaime maintains an active pro bono practice. He has litigated negligence and breach of contract claims in state and federal court to obtain a favorable settlement for a Detroit-based artist and a reversal on appeal of the denial of social security disability benefits for a minor. Jaime is also a member of the Hispanic National Bar Association and volunteers his time with the LatinoJustice PRLDEF mentoring program, a national civil rights organization serving the Latinx community in the United States.

During law school, Jaime interned at the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in the chambers of Judge Jimmie V. Reyna, and at the International Trade Commission in the Office of General Counsel. He is a graduate of the Georgetown University Law Center and earned joint degrees in engineering and economics from Swarthmore College.

Rankings & Honors

• Law360, Rising Star for Trials (2024)

• The National Law Journal, Rising Star of the Plaintiffs Bar (2023)

• Law360 “Legal Lions of the Week” (April 2024)

• Super Lawyers New York Metro Rising Stars list for intellectual property (2021-2024)