Ben Bradford co-chairs the firm’s Patent Litigation and Counseling Practice and is a technology litigator entrusted by top companies for their most significant IP and other technology litigations. Ben’s deep technical background enables him to resolve and win complex disputes involving all aspects of computer and other technologies. He represents companies in all industries and of all sizes in these highly complex lawsuits, including patent, trade secret, copyright, trademark, and software licensing disputes.
As a former programmer with degrees in math and computer science, Ben understands cutting-edge technologies and can easily explain complicated concepts to courts and juries. With his specialized knowledge, Ben develops advantageous insights into the critical issues and develops key strategies for litigating cases.
Achieving the right outcome requires hard work, creative thinking, and thorough client communication.
Representative Matters
- Serves as lead counsel for global companies in complex trials, arbitrations, and negotiations.
- Serves as lead counsel for a Fortune 500 technology company in an ongoing patent dispute in the Western District of Texas involving computer software technologies.
- Secured a favorable settlement on behalf of a Fortune Global 500 company after a one-week arbitration for breach of a patent license agreement; Ben’s cross examination of the opposing technical expert made it clear to the panel that the client did not owe any future royalties.
- As part of an ongoing competitor dispute, first-chaired two IPRs before the PTAB as part of an ongoing dispute between his client, a global wire manufacturer, and a competitor. The Board found the opposing party’s patent invalid and denied instituting the opposing party’s IPR. The invalidity finding was later sustained on appeal.
- Secured a victory for a major financial institution after a seven-day trial about a breach of contract dispute stemming from a significant data breach. Ben cross-examined key witnesses, and the court ruled for his client on all significant issues after a post-trial briefing.
- Defends companies in patent matters involving dynamic web page generation, LED circuits, internet technologies, computer software, video analytics, universal power adapters, liquid crystal displays (LCDs), computer networking, wireless mesh systems, and thin-film transistors.
- Helps companies secure IP licenses and has negotiated several multi-million-dollar IP license and software license agreements.
Credentials
Service / Recognition
Overview
Ben Bradford co-chairs the firm’s Patent Litigation and Counseling Practice and is a technology litigator entrusted by top companies for their most significant IP and other technology litigations. Ben’s deep technical background enables him to resolve and win complex disputes involving all aspects of computer and other technologies. He represents companies in all industries and of all sizes in these highly complex lawsuits, including patent, trade secret, copyright, trademark, and software licensing disputes.
As a former programmer with degrees in math and computer science, Ben understands cutting-edge technologies and can easily explain complicated concepts to courts and juries. With his specialized knowledge, Ben develops advantageous insights into the critical issues and develops key strategies for litigating cases.
Achieving the right outcome requires hard work, creative thinking, and thorough client communication.
Areas of Focus
Representative Matters
- Serves as lead counsel for global companies in complex trials, arbitrations, and negotiations.
- Serves as lead counsel for a Fortune 500 technology company in an ongoing patent dispute in the Western District of Texas involving computer software technologies.
- Secured a favorable settlement on behalf of a Fortune Global 500 company after a one-week arbitration for breach of a patent license agreement; Ben’s cross examination of the opposing technical expert made it clear to the panel that the client did not owe any future royalties.
- As part of an ongoing competitor dispute, first-chaired two IPRs before the PTAB as part of an ongoing dispute between his client, a global wire manufacturer, and a competitor. The Board found the opposing party’s patent invalid and denied instituting the opposing party’s IPR. The invalidity finding was later sustained on appeal.
- Secured a victory for a major financial institution after a seven-day trial about a breach of contract dispute stemming from a significant data breach. Ben cross-examined key witnesses, and the court ruled for his client on all significant issues after a post-trial briefing.
- Defends companies in patent matters involving dynamic web page generation, LED circuits, internet technologies, computer software, video analytics, universal power adapters, liquid crystal displays (LCDs), computer networking, wireless mesh systems, and thin-film transistors.
- Helps companies secure IP licenses and has negotiated several multi-million-dollar IP license and software license agreements.
Credentials
Admissions
- Illinois, 2005
Education
- University of Chicago Law School, JD, 2005
- Emory University, BS, 2000
- Emory University, MS, 2000
Court Admissions
- US Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 2011
- US Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit, 2011
- US District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 2005
- US Patent and Trademark Office, 2016
Service / Recognition
Awards
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The American Lawyer Industry Awards, Best Client Law-Firm Team, Jenner & Block and BMO (finalist), 2025
- Illinois Super Lawyers, Rising Star, Intellectual Property, 2011-2018
- Law Bulletin Publishing Company, Leading Lawyers Network, Emerging Lawyer, Intellectual Property Law, 2015
- US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Award for Excellence in Pro Bono Service, 2014
Service to the Bar
- The TechLaw Organization