Drew Koning

169 Saxony Road, Suite 115 Encinitas, CA 92024

A business litigator, Drew counsels technology companies in commercial and intellectual property litigation matters.  Prior to becoming an attorney, Drew worked as an engineer in New York and London developing software for government, corporate, and nonprofit organizations.

Drew has represented a varied portfolio of clients in all phases of commercial and intellectual property litigation, from pre-filing diligence through trial before numerous federal district and state courts, the International Trade Commission, and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.

In intellectual property disputes, Drew represents both large and small companies across a wide range of varied technologies, including biotech, medical devices, telecommunications, integrated circuits, SaaS, gaming, management and security software, mobile payment, and consumer goods.

Drew also advises clients on patent licensing and commercial transaction matters. 

Drew was voted Super Lawyer and has a Martindale-Hubbell peer review rating of AV Preeminent reflecting the highest ethical standards and legal ability from 2015 through to the present. 

Drew served as a judicial intern to the Honorable William G. Bassler of the US District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Prior to co-founding Koning Zollar LLP, Drew was an attorney at Cooley LLP in San Diego and Ropes & Gray LLP in New York and Silicon Valley.

Education

Fordham Law School

2008 Juris Doctor

Sheffield University (UK)

1998 B.S. Physics & Astrophysics

Awards

Super Lawyers - Super Lawyer (2021-2023)
Super Lawyers - Rising Star (2018-2020)
Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Rating: AV Preeminent (2015-2023)
San Diego Magazine, Top Lawyers (2015-2023)
Wiley W. Manuel Certificate for Pro Bono Legal Services (2016-2020)
Avvo Rating 10
Pro Bono Publico Award (2018)

Representative Matters* (Clients In Bold)

  • IPComm, LLC v. Motion Metrics Limited (Southern District of California)

  • California Cardiac Solutions, Inc. v. SummaCor, Inc. (Central District of California)

  • Cypress Lake Software, Inc. v. ZTE (USA) Inc. (Northern District of California)

  • Dolby, Inc. v. Intertrust Tech. Corp. (Northern District of California)

  • Corephotonics LTD v. Apple Inc. (Northern District of California)

  • Blackberry LTD v. Facebook Inc. (Central District of California)

  • X-Mobile Tech LLC v. Amazon.com Inc. (Eastern District of Texas)

  • Saint Lawrence Comms. LLC v. Motorola Mobility (Eastern District of Texas)

  • Phoenix Tech. v. VMware (Northern District of California)

  • Iris Connex LLC v. Apple Inc. & Microsoft Corp. (Eastern District of Texas)

  • Footbalance v. Zero Gravity Inside Inc. (Southern District of California, PTAB)

  • Xilidev Inc. v. Danal, Inc. & Boku, Inc. (Southern District of California, PTAB)

  • Joseph A. Smith v. Space Exploration Tech. Corp. (Superior Court of California)

  • Fourte Design & Dev. LLC v. Innolight Tech. Corp. (Southern District of California)

  • Open Text S.A. v. Box, Inc. (Northern District of California)

  • In re Wireless Consumer Electronics (HTC) (International Trade Commission)

  • JPT, LLC v. Google Inc. (Northern District of California, PTAB)

  • Luxe Link LLC v. Provide Commerce Inc. (Northern District of California)

  • HSM Portfolio LLC v. Qualcomm Inc. (District of Delaware)

  • BMC Software, Inc. v. ServiceNow Inc. (Eastern District of Texas)

  • Rembrandt Social Media, LP v. Facebook Inc. (Eastern District of Virginia)

  • Vederi LLC v. Google Inc. (Central District of California)

  • In re. Gaming and Entertainment Consoles (Motorola) (ITC)

  • Gametek LLC v. Backflip Studios Inc. & The Playforge Inc. (SDCA)

  • Roche Diagnostics v. Nova Biomedical Corp. (District of Delaware)

* (includes work done at prior law firms) 

Bars / Court Admissions

New York
California
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Southern District of New York
Northern District of California
Southern District of California
Central District of California
Eastern District of Texas

Speaking Engagements / Publications

  • Panelist on CEB Business of Law Webinar Series (2019)

  • Panelist on Intellectual Property & Patents, IEEE Smart Tech San Diego Conference (August, 2017).

  • Intervening Wrong: A divided Federal Circuit guts the ‘intervening rights' doctrine, The Recorder (June, 2012).

  • Protecting Your Ideas: An Introduction to Intellectual Property Rights, Silicon Valley Engineering Council Journal (2011).

  • Trying to Understand Software: Why Microsoft Corp. v. AT&T Corp. Was Mistakenly Decided, Fordham Intell. Prop. Media & Ent. L.J. (2008) (reprint, Patent Law Review, 425-48 (West 2009)).

  • Taxongrab: Extracting Taxonomic Names from Text, Biodiversity Informatics (2005) (with Dr. Indra N. Sarkar & Thomas Moritz).

  • A Review of Formatting Style in the American Museum Novitates, AMNH Informatics (2005).

  • A Scalable, Modular Framework for Publishing Museum Educational Materials, In D. Bearman & J. Trant (Eds.) Museums and the Web 2004 (2004) (with Dr. Ro Kinzler et al.).

  • Technology & Music Column, Juice Magazine (Tokyo-based culture magazine) (2000-2003).

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Memberships

American Bar Association
American Inns of Court
San Diego Bar Association
ProVisors