Miguel Bombach tries and litigates patent cases in federal courts and before the Patent Trial and Appeals Board (PTAB). He has tried several federal jury trials and has led numerous patents to final resolution at the PTAB for both patent owners and challengers.
Miguel has vast experience in electrical engineering and computer science. Prior to law school, he worked as an electrical engineer on radar control systems. As a lawyer, he has litigated more than 100 cases in numerous technical fields, including LED lighting, power converters, memories, semiconductor devices, wireless data transmission systems (OFDM), and other computer science-related fields. He has experience in patent prosecution on OFDM and LED systems and large portfolio analysis for the purposes of acquisitions, licensing, and assertion.
Miguel also has experience in the gaming field, representing numerous gaming clients in the intellectual property space. Prior to college, Miguel was a sponsored esports gamer in Seoul, South Korea, where he appeared on leagues televised on network and cable television.
Representative Experience
Patent Litigation
- Counsel for plaintiff for a three-patent jury trial victory in the Western District of Texas before Judge Albright in Jiaxing Super Lighting Electric Appliance Co., Ltd., et al. v. CH Lighting Technology Co., Ltd.*
- Counsel for plaintiff for a jury trial victory in a trade secret case in the Eastern District of New York before Judge Geraci in ValveTech, Inc. v. Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc.*
- Counsel for defendant for a six-patent summary judgment of non-infringement victory in the Western District of Texas before Judge Albright in Bel Power Solutions v. Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. *
Inter Partes Reviews (IPR)
- Counsel for Patent Owner in achieving a successful motion to amend in Satco Products, Inc. v. Seoul Semiconductor, Co. Ltd.*
- Counsel for Petitioner in receiving final written decision of invalidity in T-Mobile US, Inc. v. Barkan Wireless Access Technologies, LP
- Counsel for Petitioner in receiving final written decision of invalidity in HTC Corporation v. NFC Technology, LLC.
Patent Prosecution
- Prosecuted patents for various companies across a range of technology fields, including displays, OFDM transmission systems and networks, logic control systems, optical modulation systems, wavefront optics, e-commerce systems, wireless telephones, cloud computing systems, and mechanical actuators and tools, among others.*
*Matters handled prior to joining Foley.
Awards and Recognition
- Best Lawyers, Ones to Watch, Litigation – Patent; Patent Law (2021-2025)