George Jordan is a senior counsel in the firm's Houston location. His practice focuses on patent litigation and intellectual property due diligence. George's experience has encompassed a wide range of technologies including cellular phones/networks, set-top boxes, cable modems, television, software, smartphone applications, computers, e-commerce systems, processors, automated inspection systems, cameras, game consoles, memory devices, pumps, soil injections and wheel aligners.

He has handled:

• over 50 patent infringement suits;
• validity investigations for over 100 patents; and
• drafting of over 150 patents.

George's over 15 years of experience has included: 

Patent Litigation:

• Defending a group of travel and e-commerce companies in the District of Delaware against patent infringement claims concerning mobile phone applications
• Defending a semiconductor company in the Western District of Texas against patent infringement claims concerning baseband processors for cellular phones
• Lead counsel in defense of a communications semiconductor company with customers in multi-district litigation against patent infringement claims concerning cable modem and digital television systems – Involved sixteen patent suits and nine patents
• Representing a semiconductor inspection company in the District of Minnesota in enforcing patent infringement claims concerning automated wafer inspection systems
• Representing a semiconductor company in the District of New Jersey in enforcing and defending against patent infringement claims concerning memory devices – Involved seven patents
• Defending a communication solutions company in suits in the Western District of Texas and the Western District of Wisconsin against patent infringement claims concerning cellular phones/networks, set-top boxes and computer boards – Involved thirty-four patents and hundreds of accused products
• Defending a wireless communications company in the Eastern District of Texas against patent infringement claims concerning pre-paid cellular telephone network systems
• Defending a telecommunications company in the Eastern District of Texas against patent infringement claims concerning Internet browsers
• Defending an online university in the Eastern District of Texas and Eastern District of Virginia against patent infringement claims concerning online educational services
• Defending an automotive technology company in the Eastern District of Virginia against patent infringement claims concerning tire pressure monitoring systems
• Lead counsel in defense of a pipeline services company and its principals in the Southern District of Georgia against patent infringement and breach of contract claims concerning pipe bursting
• Defending an oil services company in the Northern District of Texas against patent infringement claims concerning software for measuring the fluid level in oil wells
• Local counsel in defense of a medical record solutions company in the Southern District of Texas against patent infringement claims concerning medical procedure codes
• Defending a fluid technology company in the Eastern District of Texas against patent infringement claims concerning beverage pump brackets, livewell pumps and diaphragm pumps for recreational vehicles – Involved six patents

Intellectual Property Due Diligence:

• Evaluating wireless patent portfolios for licensing and sale
• Providing formal opinions concerning potential patent infringement and invalidity
• Managing a trademark portfolio of a professional athlete
• Restructuring a trademark license portfolio of a restaurant
• Managing an intellectual property portfolio of a leadership consulting firm
• Evaluating semiconductor patent portfolios for licensing

• Houston IP Inn of Court, Barrister (November 2012 - Present)
• American Bar Association
  • Publications Officer, Section of Intellectual Property Law (August 2012 - Present)
  • Standing Committee on Publishing Oversight (August 2011 - Present)
  • Immediate Past Chair, Diversity Steering Committee (August 2012 - Present)
• American Intellectual Property Law Education Foundation (AIPLEF), Board of Directors (June 2009 - June 2012)
• American Intellectual Property Law Association
• State Bar of Texas

• "Outstanding Legal Article," The Houston Lawyer (2004)

• "Developing a Patent Monetization Program," Intellectual Property Today, October 2011
• "Managing the Presumption of Patent Validity: Microsoft v. i4i," Landslide, September/October 2011
• "Centillion Data Sys. v. Qwest: Federal Circuit Addresses "Using" and "Making" a System that Includes Elements in the Possession of More than One Actor," Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. Briefing, January 25, 2011
• "The Economics of Reasonable Royalty Damages in Patent Litigation:  Lucent v. Gateway," Landslide, May/June 2010
• Editor-in-Chief, Annual Review of Intellectual Property Law Developments: 2006-2008, American Bar Association, January 2009
• "In the Matter of Negotiated Data Solutions – The FTC's Expanded Application of Section 5 Authority to Patent Hold-Ups," The Antitrust Source, April 2008
• "Using Prosecution Bars & Escrow Agreements in Patent Litigation," The Practical Litigator, November 2007
• "How to Avoid RAND Disputes," Managing IP, April 2006
• "An Evolving Balancing Act: Blanket Protective Orders in Patent Litigation," Patent Lawyer, Winter 2006
• "Intellectual Property: What Every Technology Business Should Know," TechLINKS, December 2005
• "Intellectual Property: What Every Entrepreneur Should Know," American Venture Magazine, November 2005
• "Using Scheduling Orders to Manage Claim Construction," IP Law Bulletin, September 2005
• "Five Things Your Business Needs to Know about Digital Redistribution," TechLINKS, September 2005
• "Race-Conscious University Admissions: Challenges in Obtaining Student Body Diversity in the Grutter/Gratz Era," The Houston Lawyer, December 2004

• Moderator, "IP Audits: Exploring the Attics and Depths," ABA-IPL Landslide Teleconference, September 2010
• "What It Means to Be an Intellectual Property Attorney," Yellowstone Academy, Houston, Texas, February 2010
• "Drafting Lessons for Patent Prosecutors," Patent Claim Construction Workshop, Law Seminars International, Atlanta, Georgia, April 2007
• "Prosecution Disclaimers," 9th Annual Advanced Patent Institute, Austin, Texas, October 2004
• "Opinions of Counsel – Defensive Strategy Before and During Patent Litigation," In-house CLE Series, Houston, Texas, June 2003
• "Prelude to Patent Litigation: Affirmative Duties of Patent Owners and Potential Infringers," In-house CLE Series, Houston, Texas, October 2002
• Co-Presenter, "Attorney-Client Privilege Update," Houston Intellectual Property Law Association Institute, Galveston, Texas, November 2001

1996 - J.D., University of Texas School of Law
1993 - B.S., Electrical Engineering, Duke University

George is admitted to practice in Texas and Georgia. He is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and he is admitted to practice in the U.S. District Courts for the Southern, Eastern, Northern and Western Districts of Texas, the U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Middle Districts of Georgia, the Eastern District of Michigan, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. 

• Georgia
• Texas

• Second Baptist Church, Deacon 
• Boy Scouts of America, Merit Badge Counselor
• Children At Risk, Board of Directors (2008 - 2011)