Overview
Austin Zuck focuses his practice on intellectual property litigation and counseling, representing clients in complex disputes involving patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets. He has led high-stakes cases from inception through trial across multiple forums, including U.S. district courts, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), the International Trade Commission (ITC), and arbitration. In addition to his litigation work, Austin advises clients on patent portfolio development and prosecution, licensing, and contract negotiation, drawing on his mechanical engineering background to provide practical and technically grounded counsel.
Before joining Stoel Rives, Austin practiced with an international law firm, where he represented clients across a broad range of technologies, including Class III implantable medical devices, manufacturing systems, software, cloud computing, networking technologies, semiconductor design, and consumer products. He also gained in-house experience at Maxim Integrated, supporting IP strategy and patent protection.
Education
Santa Clara University School of Law, J.D.
- High Tech Law Certificate, Intellectual Property, with Honors
- President, Student Intellectual Property Law Association
- Comments Editor, High Technology Law Journal
Oregon State University Honors College, B.S. Mechanical Engineering
Admissions
Admitted only in California and Washington, D.C.
Experience
- Represented a major television manufacturer in a patent dispute concerning user interface technology, successfully defending the client against infringement allegations of five patents and securing a jury verdict finding all asserted patents not infringed and invalid.
- Represented a semiconductor manufacturing equipment company in complex intellectual property litigation between competitors involving licensing disputes, multi-district patent litigation proceedings, and PTAB challenges.
- Represented a water sports equipment manufacturer in asserting intellectual property rights against competitor products.
- Represented a medical device company concerning Class III implantable stimulation products.
- Defended a cellular phone developer against patent litigation allegations related to cellular communication technology.
- Defended online retail company against patent litigation allegations regarding secure sign-on technology.
- Defended cloud storage software companies against patent litigation allegations related to cloud storage techniques and technologies.
- Represented multiple respondents in ITC proceedings concerning internet and networking products and related technologies.