Brian R. Nester

Covington & Burling LLP

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Experience20 yrs

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DCT

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Mech Eng, Manuf (1 case)

Transport., E-Comm. (5 cases)

Semicond., Optic (15 cases)

Communications (18 cases)

Software, Security (9 cases)

Law Firms

Covington & Burling LLP (Current)

Fish & Richardson

Sidley Austin LLP

bnester@cov.com

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Cases

Case #	Court	Caption	Filed	Represent
4:26-CV-03352	S.D. TX	Harting Electric Stiftung & Co KG v. Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co KG	04/24/26	Patent Owner :Harting Electric Stiftung & Co KG	.
1:25-CV-01371	D. DE	Samsung Electronics Co Ltd v. Netlist Inc	11/11/25	Challenger :Samsung Electronics America Inc	.
2:25-CV-00748	E.D. TX	Netlist Inc v. Samsung Electronics Co Ltd	07/28/25	Challenger :Avnet Inc	.
1:25-CV-00626	D. DE	Samsung Electronics Co Ltd v. Netlist Inc	05/20/25	Challenger :Samsung Electronics America Inc	.
2:25-CV-00557	E.D. TX	Netlist Inc v. Samsung Electronics Co Ltd	05/19/25	Challenger :Avnet Inc	.
2:24-CV-00408	E.D. TX	SiOnyx LLC v. Samsung Electronics Co Ltd	06/03/24	Challenger :Samsung Electronics America Inc	.
1:24-CV-00614	D. DE	Samsung Electronics Co Ltd v. Netlist Inc	05/22/24	Challenger :Samsung Electronics America Inc	.
2:24-CV-00291	E.D. TX	SiOnyx LLC v. Samsung Electronics Co Ltd	04/30/24	Challenger(W) :Samsung Electronics America Inc	.
1:23-CV-01122	D. DE	Samsung Electronics Co Ltd v. Netlist Inc	10/09/23	Challenger :Samsung Electronics America Inc	.
2:22-CV-00293	E.D. TX	Netlist Inc v. Samsung Electronics Co Ltd	08/01/22	Challenger :Samsung Electronics America Inc	.

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