JOHN M. BUSTAMANTE
Partner
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
- United States Patent and Trademark Office
- State Bar of Texas
ADMISSIONS
- J.D., University of Texas School of Law 2003
- - Managing Editor of The Review of Litigation
- B.S. Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
EDUCATION
John Bustamante is a founding partner at Denko & Bustamante LLP. John focuses his practice primarily on patent, trademark, trade secret, and copyright law, with an emphasis on due diligence and litigation of intellectual property. He also provides counsel in connection with identification and protection of intellectual property, as well as, strategic legal advice on other technology-related matters
Since 2003, John has worked at a number of law firms, from BigLaw to intellectual property boutiques, focusing on complex patent matters and representing numerous Fortune 100 companies. He has worked every aspect of complex patent litigation, from pre-suit investigation to appeal, including seven investigations before the United States International Trade Commission.
REPRESENTATIVE CASES
• In re Certain Audio Processing Hardware and Software and Products Containing the Same (ITC) – represented a hardware provider and a software provider as respondent and intervenor re patent infringement.
• Positive Technologies, Inc. v. Sony Electronics, Inc. et al. (N.D. Cal. 2011) - patent infringement action.
• In re Certain Liquid Crystal Display Modules (ITC) - represented large multi-national electronics manufacturer as complainant.
• In re Liquid Crystal Display Modules (ITC) - represented large multi-national electronics manufacturer as respondent.
• Sharp Corp. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (E.D. Tex. 2007) - patent infringement action.
• Lucent Technologies v. Gateway, Inc. (S.D. Cal. 2007) - patent infringement action.
• Multimedia Patent Trust v. Microsoft Corp. (S.D. Cal. 2006) - patent infringement action.
• z4 Technologies, Inc. v. Microsoft Corp. (E.D. Tex. 2006) - patent infringement action.
• Softvault Corp. v. Microsoft Corp. (E.D. Tex. 2006) - patent infringement action.
• Polaroid Corp. v. Hewlett-Packard Co. (D. Del. 2006) - patent infringement action.
• MessageOne, Inc. v. FrontBridge Technologies (W.D. Tex. 2004) - misappropriation of trade secrets.
COMMUNITY & CIVIC ACTIVITIES
Vice Chair for the Zoning Commission for the City of San Antonio.
Previously served as Vice Chair of the Historic Design and Review Commission for the City of San Antonio.
Pro-bono representation of a neighborhood association and local church.
Represented children and parents in cases where the State of Texas is attempting to terminate parental rights due to abuse and neglect.